Who is Eddie Van Halens wife Janie Liszewski and did he have children?

Publish date: 2024-05-21

GUITAR legend Eddie Van Halen has died at the age of 65 after a long battle with throat cancer.

Van Halen is among the top 20 best-selling artists of all time, and his band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007, but who is his wife Janie Liszewski?

Who is Eddie Van Halen's wife Janie Liszewski?

Eddie Van Halen was married to second wife Janie Liszewski at the time of his death.

The couple began dating in 2008 and then tied the knot in 2009 in a private ceremony mostly attended by close friends and family.

Janie Van Halen is currently a publicist and owns her own public relations agency named High Profile Media.

Her husband's band is listed among her clients.

Prior to becoming a publicist, Janie worked as a stuntwoman.

She performed stunts in movies such as Mulholland Drive, Looney Tunes: Back in Action, Along Came Polly, and Spider-Man 2.

She also starred in films and TV, with her acting work including roles in CSI: Miami and From Dusk Till Dawn.

How many children did Eddie Van Halen have?

Eddie has one son, 29 year old Wolfgang Van Halen, from his marriage to first wife Valerie Bertinelli.

Wolfgang was born in 1991 in Santa Monica, California.

Wolfgang confirmed the news of his father's death with a tribute on social media.

“I can’t believe I’m having to write this, but my father, Edward Lodewijk Van Halen, has lost his long and arduous battle with cancer this morning," he wrote.

“He was the best father I could ever ask for. Every moment I’ve shared with him on and off stage was a gift.

Wolfgang added: “My heart is broke and I don’t think I’ll ever fully recover from this loss.

“I love you so much, Pop.”

Who was Eddie Van Halen's first wife Valerie Bertinelli?

Van Halen's first marriage was to actress Valerie Bertinelli in 1981.

The coupe remained married for 26 years before they finalised their divorce in 2007.

However, the pair remained good friends and Bertinelli even attended Eddie's marriage to second wife Janie.

Bertinelli responded to her son's tribute to his late father on Twitter with a series of broken hearts.

What albums did Van Halen produce?

Eddie Van Halen, bassist Wolfgang Van Halen and vocalist David Lee Roth of Van Halen perform at Staples Center on June 9, 2012, in Los Angeles

Van Halen released albums on a yearly basis, including Van Halen II (1979), WomenAand Children First (1980), Fair Warning (1981) and Diver Down (1982).

The monumental 1984 hit No2 on the Billboard 200 album charts (only behind Michael Jackson’s Thriller).

Rolling Stone ranked 1984 No81 on its list of the 100 Greatest Albums of the 1980s.

“Eddie put the smile back in rock guitar, at a time when it was all getting a bit brooding," musician Joe Satriani told Billboard in 2015.

"He also scared the hell out of a million guitarists around the world, because he was so damn good. And original.”

Van Halen played guitar on one of the biggest singles of the 1980s: Michael Jackson’s Beat It.

Who was Eddie Van Halen?

Van Halen was born in Amsterdam and his family immigrated to California in 1962 when he was seven.

His father was a big band clarinet player who rarely found work after coming to the US, and their mother was a maid who had dreams of her sons being classical pianists.

The Van Halens shared a house with three other families.

“We showed up here with the equivalent of $50 and a piano,” Eddie Van Halen told The Associated Press in 2015.

“We came halfway around the world without money, without a set job, no place to live and couldn’t even speak the language.”

When was the band Van Halen founded?

The two Van Halen brothers, Eddie and Alex, vocalist David Lee Roth, and bassist Michael Anthony formed the band in 1974 in Pasadena, California.

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