Eddie Van Halen and Valerie Bertinelli Getting Divorced
 

There MUST be something in the water in Hollywood these days!

LOS ANGELES - Valerie Bertinelli and her rock star husband, Eddie Van Halen, are divorcing after 24 years of marriage, Bertinelli's publicist confirmed Tuesday.

"Yes, that's true. They have been separated for four years and it's amicable," Bertinelli spokeswoman Heidi Schaeffer told The Associated Press. She said the actress would have no further comment.

A divorce petition that Bertinelli, 45, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday cited irreconcilable differences.

The couple wed on April 11, 1981, and have one son, 14-year-old Wolfgang Van Halen. According to the petition, they separated on Oct. 15, 2001.

Bertinelli shot to fame as the sexy 15-year-old daughter of Bonnie Franklin on the hit television show "One Day at a Time," which aired from 1975 to 1984. She rejoined Franklin and Mackenzie Phillips, who played her sister, for a reunion show earlier this year. She was also a regular on television's "Touched by an Angel" from 2001 to 2003.

Van Halen, 50, is one of the most celebrated lead guitarists in rock music. He rose to fame in the late 1970s, along with his brother, drummer Alex Van Halen, vocalist David Lee Roth and bassist Michael Anthony as members of Van Halen.

The group was known for wild excess both on and offstage in its early years, and Van Halen, once a heavy smoker, was treated for cancer in 2000 and 2001.

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I didn't know they've been separated for four years. :eek:

I always thought the two of them looked alike.

must be the hair.

Yeah, I remember I was :( when the news broke out 4 years ago that they were separating.

It's like, rock stars are known for lots of sex, drugs, and backstage hoebags. You see Eddie and Valerie married for this long and you kinda hoped that they would 'make it'.

I know according to E! THS she's tried to leave him more than once before.

Back when I was young, some people thought I looked like her... if only I still did!

I thought the separation was a divorce. Wow.

I thought they were already divorced already, too. Doesn't make it any nicer, though.

I thought that they separated and got back together when he had cancer.

And they really did look alike in the 80s.

I remember a long time ago hearing about them seperating. I guess they never worked it out. I wonder why they waited for 4 years?