Valerie Bertinelli, Son Slam ‘Autopsy’ Doc on Eddie Van Halen: ‘Disgusting’
Wolfgang Van Halen accuses ‘Autopsy’ docuseries of glamorizing Eddie Van Halen’s death: ‘Disgusting’
June 2, 2022
Wolfgang Van Halen and his mother Valerie Bertinelli are pushing back against an upcoming TV special that examines the demise of late Van Halen guitarist Eddie Van Halen.
The special is part of the Reelz docuseries “Autopsy: The Last Hours Of…” which seeks to reveal “the truth behind the controversial deaths of global icons” by reconstructing the famous person’s “final hours using crucial medical evidence” from their autopsy, according to Reelz’s official website.
Eddie Van Halen autopsy special slammed by his son Wolfgang and Valerie Bertinelli
June 3, 2022
by Lisa Respers
A planned TV special that purports to examine the final hours of the life of legendary guitarist Eddie Van Halen is being slammed by some of his loved ones.
Van Halen, who died in 2020 at the age of 65 after battling cancer, is the subject of an episode of the Reelz docuseries, “Autopsy: The Last Hours Of…”
The show’s site notes his cause of death and reads, “But if caught early, Eddie’s disease had reasonable survival rates.”
“So what happened?,” the site reads. “World renowned forensic pathologist, Dr. Michael Hunter needs to analyse every detail of Eddie Van Halen’s life in order to piece together what else may have been going on in his body, ultimately leading to his untimely death.”
His son, Wolfgang Van Halen, tweeted that the episode is “disgusting trying to glamorize someone’s death from cancer. Pathetic and heartless.”
The late rocker’s former wife, actress and cookbook author Valerie Bertinelli, also weighed in on Twitter.
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