Sammy Hagar and the late Eddie Van Halen reconnected before the iconic guitarist's death. The 72-year-old former Van Halen lead singer shared, in a message to Howard Stern on Wednesday, that he and Van Halen had started communicating earlier this year.Hagar didn't want to appear on Stern's SiriusXM radio show this week, instead sending a letter to be read when asked to comment on Van Halen's death.
Van Halen died on Tuesday after a long battle with cancer.«I would love you to share that Eddie and I had been texting, and it's been a love fest since we started communicating earlier this year,» Hagar said in the letter. «We both agreed not to tell anyone because of all the rumors it would stir up about a reunion, et cetera, and we both knew.
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