Eddie Van Hallen has died aged 65 after battle with cancer

                 Eddie Van Hallen has died aged 65 after battle with cancer

And at Eddie Van Hallen, the famous guitarist of the famous rock band Van Halen, according to what his son posted on social media, he was 65 years old.

“He was the best dad I could ever ask for,” his son, Wolf Van Hallen, wrote in a Twitter post. "Every moment I shared with him on and off stage was a gift."

Wolf Van Hallen, son of Eddie and Valerie Bertinelli said his father passed away after a "long, hard battle with cancer" on Tuesday morning. Van Halen then married actress Janie Lyzewski in 2009.

"My heart is broken and I don't think I will fully recover from this loss," he added.

Eddie Van Hallen, whose full name is Edward Ludiwijk Van Hallen, and his brother Alex Van Hallen started performing together as a teenager, but they formed the core of what would become Van Hallen after meeting David Lee Roth. .

In four decades, Van Hallen has released over a dozen albums together.

Van Hallen's guitar charm has anchored the group through four tumultuous decades of platinum albums, and the tours and revolving door have sold out to lead vocalists, from David Lee Roth to Sami Hajar to Gary Chiron and back to Hajar and Ruth.

His solos rose to the top like lightning and performed all of the band's iconic songs: "Runnin 'With the Devil", "Panama", "Hot For Teacher" and "Why Can't This Be Love?" And of course "Jump" - their first song - topped the pop singles charts in 1984.

Van Hallen is also famous for loaning his guitar tracks to Michael Jackson for "Beat It", the 1983 hit track from the historic "Thriller" album which mixed Jackson's silk pop with a stronger rock side.

Speaking to CNN in 2017 after making a charitable contribution to help raise funds for music programs in schools, the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer highlighted the role music played in its history.

“My whole life has been music,” CNN's John Voss said. "I couldn't imagine anything else."

When news of Van Halen's death broke, his friends and fellow musicians praised this unique talent.

“Eddie was not just a guitar god, but a very beautiful soul,” Case's Gene Simmons wrote on Twitter.

Gezer Butler of Black Sabbath described Van Halen as "one of the most beautiful men on earth that I have met and wandered around with."

"A real man and a real genius," he wrote on Twitter.

On Facebook, Ted Nugent said, "Thank you Eddie for enriching and energizing our lives with your wonderful gifts and vision. Pass my friend. Keep going.