Inside a Superfan’s Secret Friendship With Eddie Van Halen - Rolling Stone

Over the last five years of his life, the rock icon had a clandestine correspondence with a former music journalist, spilling gossip, gripes, hopes, fears — and revealing himself like never before

“How’s Michael Anthony doing?” That’s the first thing I say to Eddie Van Halen, the legendary guitarist and co-namesake of the rock band Van Halen. Rather, that’s the first thing I say to someone wh… [+34487 chars]

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