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REELZ Eddie Van Halen Death Doc Ep "Pathetic and Heartless": Wolfgang

For those of you unfamiliar with REELZ's Autopsy: The Last Hours Of…, what the docuseries claims to do is reveal "the truth behind the controversial deaths of global icons and people whose untimely deaths were surrounded by scandal and intense media attention" as a way of separating "fact and fiction" to put "an end to the speculation." Now, as you can tell from the quotation marks, most of that came from the channel's official press. From what we've seen? It vibes more like another "speculation series" that takes some facts, mixes in some subjective comments from "friends and family," offers up someone professional-sounding to make their opinions sound like facts, and serve it up as "investigative journalism." Well, there's a new episode this weekend focusing on Van Halen member & Guitar God Eddie Van Halen that looks to be going down that similar route… and let's just say Eddie's son Wolfgang Van Halen isn't happy.

"Fuck [REELZ Channel], fuck everyone that works on this show, and fuck you if you watch it. Fucking disgusting trying to glamorize someone's death from cancer. Pathetic and heartless," Wolfgang wrote in a retweet of the news that the episode would be premiering this weekend. On October 6, 2020, Eddie died of a stroke at Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California, at the age of 65, surrounded by Wolfgang; Eddie's wife, Janie; ex-wife, Valerie Bertinelli; and brother & band co-founder/drummer, Alex Van Halen. The iconic musician had spent years battling health matters, including throat and lung cancer. Here's a look at Wolfgang's tweet from Wednesday making his feelings on the episode pretty clear:

So to judge for yourselves, check out a sneak preview & overview for the REELZ episode of Autopsy: The Last Hours Of… focusing on the death of Eddie Van Halen, premiering Sunday, June 5, at 8 pm ET/PT:

On October 6, 2020, the world was shocked by the news that guitar legend Eddie Van Halen had died. A rock prodigy with a boyish charm he was never more comfortable than when he had a guitar in his hand. Known as the founder of Van Halen, the band that became synonymous with California cool, Eddie was actually of both Dutch and Indonesian heritage. His family moved to California from the Netherlands when Eddie was a child. Eddie came to America without knowing English but by the time he was 25 years old his band had sold multiple platinum albums and his innovative guitar techniques cemented him in rock and roll history. But behind his contagious smile, there was a darker undercurrent that would plague Eddie throughout his life.

As an extremely shy kid, Eddie started drinking alcohol at just 12 years old to calm his nerves after seeing his father drink to calm himself and for the next four decades, Eddie wrestled with addiction issues. Often relying on alcohol and other substances to maintain his creativity Eddie would spend many years in and out of rehab. He was a workaholic often pushing his body to the limits in order to perform while secretly battling illness. Eddie died at the age of 65 from cancer but if caught early Eddie's disease had reasonable survival rates so what exactly happened? Now, renowned forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Hunter will analyze every detail of his life in order to piece together what else may have been going on in his body, ultimately leading to his untimely death.

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