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A deliberate TV particular that purports to look at the ultimate hours of the lifetime of legendary guitarist Eddie Van Halen is being slammed by a few of his family members.
Van Halen, who died in 2020 on the age of 65 after battling most cancers, is the topic of an episode of the Reelz docuseries, “Post-mortem: The Final Hours Of…”
The present’s web site notes his reason behind dying and reads, “But when caught early, Eddie’s illness had cheap survival charges.”
“So what occurred?,” the location reads. “World famend forensic pathologist, Dr. Michael Hunter must analyse each element of Eddie Van Halen’s life with a purpose to piece collectively what else could have been occurring in his physique, finally resulting in his premature dying.”
His son, Wolfgang Van Halen, tweeted that the episode is “disgusting making an attempt to glamorize somebody’s dying from most cancers. Pathetic and heartless.”
The late rocker’s former spouse, actress and cookbook creator Valerie Bertinelli, additionally weighed in on Twitter.
“Good Christ that is disgusting,” she tweeted.
She and the elder Van Halen had been married from 1981 to 2007.
“Post-mortem: The Final Hours of… responsibly explores the circumstances of the passing of well-known and genuinely cherished celebrities who the general public cares about immensely,” Reelz stated in a press release to CNN.
“The REELZ collection generates a lot suggestions from our viewers starting from medical professionals who reward its scientific accuracy, followers who inform us it gives closure or that they’ve develop into extra proactive for the advantage of their well being and plenty of who achieve useful perspective of well being points which may not in any other case obtain consideration like Karen Carpenter who introduced anorexia into the general public consciousness, Prince whose passing targeted consideration on the opioid epidemic and Luke Perry whose passing renewed consideration to strokes that have an effect on folks of all ages,” the assertion went on to learn.
The Eddie Van Halen episode is about to air on Sunday.
