Eddie Van Halen Lived Alone in Last Years Yet Was Married & Confessed His Love to Ex Valerie Bertinelli
Valerie Bertinelli and Eddie Van Halen | Eddie Van Halen | Valerie Bertinelli | Source: Getty Images | YouTube/Today
Despite living a colorful rocker life in his heydays, Eddie Van Halen spent his last two years alone and later confessed love to his ex-wife despite being married. Let’s look into the music legend’s life and tragic end.
Born in January 1955, Eddie Van Halen grew up to become one of the most incredible guitar players in rock history. With his music career reaching its peak, Halen’s life hinted at perfection when he met the beautiful Valerie Bertinelli.
After appearing on “One Day At A Time,” Bertinelli quickly became America’s favorite girl next door. At only 20, her brothers invited her to a Van Halen concert in Shreveport, Louisiana, and when she met the guitarist, it was love at first sight.
Valerie Bertinelli and Eddie Van Halen at the St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Westwood, California | Source: Getty Images
They Married within Months of Meeting
Bertinelli fell hard and was pleasantly surprised when three days after the concert, she got a call from Van Halen asking her if she’d meet him. She recalled:
“So I went out and visited, and we never separated from then on.”
Despite Van Halen’s bad boy image, Bertinelli felt he was a gentleman, and soon after they started dating, he insisted on sleeping in a separate bed because that is the kind of gentleman he was.
Their relationship progressed fast, and within eight months of the first meeting, they already had a date set for their wedding. However, Halen had taken up an unpleasant habit in the months leading to their big day. He was drinking and smoking every day, despite his manager, Noel E. Monk, asking him to refrain.
Valerie Bertinelli and Eddie Van Halen on their wedding day. Valerie’s father on the far left. | Source: Getty Images
He promised to stay clean on his wedding day, and on the morning of April 11, 1981, the two lovebirds walked down the aisle at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Westwood, California.
After the ceremony, Monk helped the newlyweds navigate the horde of paparazzi until they safely got to their waiting limo. But when guests arrived at the historic Grayhall mansion in Beverly Hills for the reception, Halen and Bertinelli were nowhere.
Monk would find them in one of the mansion’s bathrooms. As it turns out, Halen had managed to get intoxicated in the short time they had disappeared, and now, the sobbing bride sat distraught still in her gown with her hair held back.
It was a far cry from the expectations of her wedding day, but Bertinelli picked herself, cleaned her husband up, and helped him look dapper for their...
