His son, Wolfgang, shared the news on Twitter.
The flashy guitarist and bandleader had been the subject of near-death rumors for many years -- some due to his documented substance abuse issues but most stemming from news of tongue cancer in 2000 -- which caused doctors to remove a third of his tongue -- though Van Halen was declared cancer free two years later.
Van Halen was born Jan. 26, 1955 in the Netherlands. His father Jan Van Halen was a classically trained clarinetist, saxophonist and pianist."Music was a common thread throughout our lives...ever since we were young," Van Halen said at the Smithsonian -- adding, presciently,"we always liked things loud."
Acknowledging at the Smithsonian that he did not invent tapping, Van Halen added that,"I never really heard anybody do with it what I really did, which was actual pieces of music." He added that,"The main reason I squeeze so many, you call them tricks, whatever, out of a guitar is out of necessity. I couldn't afford the pedals, the fuzz box and all the toys everybody else had. So I did all I could to get all the sound I could out of my fingers.
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