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In the past few days, people have recounting their memories and relationships with Eddie Van Halen in the wake of his passing from cancer at age 65....some saying he was the nicest, most generous guy; others saying he could be a mean vindictive jerk....one guy who had both kinds of relationships with Eddie seems to be on-off bandmate Sammy Hagar, who had a somewhat famous feud begin with Van Halen in 2005, after Eddie said in an interview that before each VH tour, he would have to re-teach bassist Michael Anthony all his parts in the songs...Sammy threw some public expletives at Eddie, and called him a liar. that was that, until the last year or so, when Sam and Ed came back together; here's how that all came about, and what happened: https://ultimateclassicrock.com/sammy-hagar-eddie-van-halen-made-peace/