Valerie Bertinelli has revealed that Eddie Van Halen’s household and family members ordered pizza to his hospital room upon his passing on October sixth, 2020.
The rock icon’s ex-wife was at Eddie’s bedside with their son, Wolfgang Van Halen, and the guitar legend’s brother, drummer Alex Van Halen, together with Alex’s two sons.
Bertinelli advised Folks in a brand new cowl story that Eddie died whereas holding her hand and Wolfgang’s hand, together with his final phrases to each being, “I really like you.”
“I didn’t wish to imagine it was occurring,” stated the actress. “Even whereas it was occurring, I wasn’t believing it was occurring,”
She went on to say that she and the Van Halen relations determined to order pizza in his honor.
“I neglect who urged it, however we had been like, ‘Ought to we now have pizza?’ … As a result of he couldn’t eat, and the very last thing Ed actually wished was pizza,” Bertinelli defined. “He cherished pizza and burritos, so we had pizza in his hospital room. I hope individuals don’t suppose that’s morbid.”
Bertinelli married Van Halen guitarist in 1981, and the 2 stayed collectively till separating in 2001 and finally divorcing in 2007. Bertinelli stated the 2 grew to become shut once more throughout Eddie’s closing years, however wanting again she realizes they had been by no means meant to rekindle their romantic relationship.
“I continued for years to rewrite the information in my head and construct them into some type of fantasy,” she remarked in the identical interview with Folks. “However now I do know we had been by no means going to get again collectively. We had been changing into kinder souls to 1 one other. Our bond was the unconditional love we had for our son.”
Eddie handed away of a stroke after an extended battle with lung most cancers.