Playing live gigs a year by , Eddie relied on all the rock-star trappings to keep himself entertained. When Valerie joined him on the road, Eddie reportedly had her sleep in an adjoining bedroom so that he could stay up all night with his booze, cocaine and guitar. At first, the actress tried to keep up — and, perhaps, compete with groupies — and began using cocaine herself.
But she overdid it and things got out of control to the point that even Eddie noticed. He implored her to stop snorting and start eating. When he leaned over to pick them up, about 15 Quaaludes fell out of his pocket. Val was pissed. But we [Mackenzie and Eddie] must have taken them. Ratt singer Stephen Pearcy recalled in his autobiography how Eddie, a neighbor, would ask him to hide bottles of vodka in the bushes outside his house — so Eddie could come by and grab them without Valerie knowing.
Hagar wrote about a bombed Eddie knocking on his door at a. By , the actress had reached her own rock bottom.
Eddie had undergone a frightening spate of medical maladies, including a hip replacement at the age of 44 and a diagnosis of tongue cancer, leading him to swear to her he had quit using drugs and alcohol.
She believed him — until she found a folded-up bindle of cocaine his wallet. But I do think she got sick of the alcohol and the drugs.
He had big blankets thrown over the windows … I had never seen a dirtier place in my life. But, Hagar pointed out, most disturbing was that the man who had only recently overcome cancer seemed addicted to alcohol and cigarettes.
Over the ensuing decade-and-a-half, though, Eddie seemingly got it together. He married Janie Liszewski, a Hollywood stunt woman, in , with Valerie in attendance. Likewise, he was a guest at her second wedding, to financial planner Tom Vitale, two years later. Eddie was also a major presence in the life of Wolfgang, now Eddie had reportedly been clean and sober since Sign in. All Football. David Boroff Joseph Gamp. What albums did Van Halen produce? Rolling Stone ranked No81 on its list of the Greatest Albums of the s.
Most read in Celebrity. In , the two had one son, Wolfgang, who would go grow up to play bass in his father's and uncle's band. While the couple's divorce was finalized in , the appeared to remain on good terms, with Wolf sharing a photo of the three of them together in October Bertinelli responded to her son's tribute to his late father on Twitter with a series of broken hearts on Tuesday.
Van Halen married Janie Liszewski in The stuntwoman turned publicist walked down the aisle to her husband's hit "When It's Love. Even Bertinelli attended. Janie Van Halen is currently a publicist and owns her own public relations agency High Profile Media. Her husband's band is listed among her clients. Prior to becoming a publicist, Van Halen worked as a stuntwoman.
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