Eddie Van Halen‘s ex-wife Valerie Bertinelli has opened up about the legendary guitarist’s death.
In her new book, “Enough Already: Learning To Love The Way I Am Today”, which will be released on January 18, she reveals that she and their son, Wolfgang, were both present at the time of Eddie‘s passing after a years-long battle with cancer in October 2020.
People magazine has published an excerpt from the book in which Valerie recalled saying to Eddie just days before his death as they cried together:
“Maybe next time, right? Maybe next time we’ll get it right.”
Eddie‘s death on October 6, 2020 came in “slow motion,” according to Valerie, who said she got a call from Wolfgang that morning telling her “that Ed‘s breathing has changed and that I have to get to the hospital ASAP.”
“‘I love you’ are the last words Ed says to Wolfie and me, and they are the last words we say to him before he stops breathing,” she wrote.
She said after 20 minutes of silence, they started sharing stories about the iconic musician and began laughing, not crying.
“Suddenly, all of us are cracking up,” she wrote. “We laugh — and it is so much better than crying.”
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Man, that;s a bummer!