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Wolfgang Van Halen, 32, honored his late father, Eddie Van Halen, on the well-known rocker’s birthday. Wolfgang took to Instagram on January 26 — the day Eddie would’ve turned 69 years outdated — and shared a transferring tribute to his dad, with a throwback image of the duo and a heartfelt message written out within the caption.
“I want you have been right here so I might offer you a giant hug, go to dinner, have fun it with you and make a dumb joke about it being your 69th birthday,” Wolfgang wrote. “Simply common shit. I miss listening to you giggle. I miss laughing with you. It’s the little issues.”
“I’ll do my finest to maintain a smile on my face and consider you at the moment,” Eddie’s solely little one continued. “However then once more, that’s not very totally different than some other day up to now with out you. I like and miss you greater than you could possibly ever probably know.”
Wolfgang concluded his message by writing, “Pleased Birthday, Pop ❤️.” The photograph of them was seemingly taken after Wolfgang began touring along with his dad in 2007. They each wore black shirts and Eddie had his guitar with him as they smiled on the digital camera.
Eddie died of throat most cancers on the age of 65 in 2020. He shared his son with actress and Meals Community star Valerie Bertinelli. The previous couple received married in 1981 however divorced in 2007. Whereas Valerie, 63, received remarried 4 years after her divorce from Eddie, she nonetheless stayed shut with the Van Halen guitarist till his dying.
In October, Wolfgang received married to Andraia Allsop at their L.A. house and Valerie walked her son down the aisle to a tune Eddie wrote for him. In response to PEOPLE, Eddie stated that the tune was “an instrumental piece known as 316,” and known as it “a pleasant method to embrace my dad.” He additionally revealed earlier than the marriage that there could be an empty chair on the ceremony as a method to honor Eddie.
Since Eddie’s passing, Wolfgang has paid tribute to his dad on numerous events, together with an emotional publish on Instagram on the rocker’s birthday in January 2021. “I want I might provide the largest hug and have fun it with you. I like and miss you a lot it hurts,” he wrote on the time. “Not a second has passed by the place you haven’t been on my thoughts, and at the moment can be no totally different. Love and miss you past phrases, Pop.”
