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Van Halen's California hometown plans memorial to guitarist

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FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2015, file photo Eddie Van Halen of Van Halen performs at the Nikon at Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, N.Y. Van Halen's Southern California hometown will memorialize the late guitar legend, but it's still unclear what form the tribute will take. The Pasadena City Council on Monday, Oct. 26, 2020, directed officials to come up with ideas and report back on how to best remember the rock icon who died of cancer Oct. 6, 2020, at age 65. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP, File)

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Van Halen's California hometown plans memorial to guitarist

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FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2015, file photo Eddie Van Halen of Van Halen performs at the Nikon at Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, N.Y. Van Halen's Southern California hometown will memorialize the late guitar legend, but it's still unclear what form the tribute will take. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP, File)PASADENA, Calif. – Eddie Van Halen's Southern California hometown will memorialize the late guitar legend, but it's still unclear what form the tribute will take. A memorial has grown outside the home just northeast of Los Angeles where Eddie Van Halen and his brother, Alex, grew up. The band Van Halen formed about a decade later with singer David Lee Roth and bassist Michael Anthony. Rolling Stone magazine put Eddie Van Halen at No.

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Guitar rock legend Eddie Van Halen dies of cancer at 65

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Members of Van Halen, from left, left, Michael Anthony, bass guitar, Sammy Hagar, lead singer, Alex Van Halen, drums, and Eddie Van Halen, lead guitar appear in Los Angeles on Jan. 17, 1993. Eddie Van Halen, who had battled cancer, died Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. Added Lenny Kravitz: “Heaven will be electric tonight.”The members of Van Halen — the two Van Halen brothers, Eddie and Alex; vocalist David Lee Roth; and bassist Michael Anthony — formed in 1974 in Pasadena, California. “We showed up here with the equivalent of $50 and a piano,” Eddie Van Halen told The Associated Press in 2015. Van Halen, sober since 2008, lost one-third of his tongue to a cancer that eventually drifted into his esophagus.

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