Wolfgang Van Halen has put cable TV network Reelz on blast for making an episode of their show Autopsy: The Last Hours of... about the death of his father, Eddie Van Halen.
Set to premiere this Sunday (June 5), it's the latest instalment in the documentary series that seeks to uncover the truth about celebrity deaths that were shrouded in scandal and media attention, reconstructing their final hours through medical evidence from autopsies.
"Fuck @ReelzChannel, fuck everyone that works on this show, and fuck you if you watch it," the late Van Halen bandleader's son and former bandmate tweeted yesterday (June 1). "Fucking disgusting trying to glamorize someone's death from cancer. Pathetic and heartless."
Eddie Van Halen died in 2020 following complications from throat cancer. The guitar great's son currently performs as Mammoth WVH — and no, he won't play "Panama."
The Autopsy episode's official synopsis, as published by BLABBERMOUTH, is as follows:
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.
It's probably safe to assume that the family did not participate in the show.
Check out Wolfgang's Twitter post below.
Set to premiere this Sunday (June 5), it's the latest instalment in the documentary series that seeks to uncover the truth about celebrity deaths that were shrouded in scandal and media attention, reconstructing their final hours through medical evidence from autopsies.
"Fuck @ReelzChannel, fuck everyone that works on this show, and fuck you if you watch it," the late Van Halen bandleader's son and former bandmate tweeted yesterday (June 1). "Fucking disgusting trying to glamorize someone's death from cancer. Pathetic and heartless."
Eddie Van Halen died in 2020 following complications from throat cancer. The guitar great's son currently performs as Mammoth WVH — and no, he won't play "Panama."
The Autopsy episode's official synopsis, as published by BLABBERMOUTH, is as follows:
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.
It's probably safe to assume that the family did not participate in the show.
Check out Wolfgang's Twitter post below.
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