Weird conspiracy theories are nothing new, and the music world shouldn’t be exempt from them. From rumors about Elvis Presley nonetheless being alive to Tupac secretly dwelling in Cuba, or Paul McCartney dying earlier than The Beatles recorded Abbey Street and being impersonated by an impostor for many years, the theories appear countless. The most recent on this line of hypothesis? Some conspiracy theorists are actually claiming that Wolfgang Van Halen, son of the legendary Eddie Van Halen, really died as a toddler.
Not too long ago, Wolfgang himself addressed this conspiracy on his Instagram. He shared a screenshot of a put up the place a conspiracist confidently asserts that the guitarist “died as a toddler.” Wolfgang responded with a contact of sarcasm, captioning the put up with, “Chat, am I alive?”
“That is getting ridiculous,” reads the unique put up. “I do know for a indisputable fact that Wolfgang Van Halen died as a toddler. However now they’re exhibiting him as grown and alive.”
The conspiracist goes on to say that Wolfgang is definitely “Valerie Bertinelli and Van Halen‘s son who fell from a balcony and died a few years in the past.” This mix-up appears to confuse Wolfgang‘s life story with that of one other well-known guitarist, Eric Clapton, whose son Conor tragically died in a fall from a New York condominium constructing in 1991. Eddie Van Halen, nevertheless, has no such tragedy in his previous.
Followers of Wolfgang rapidly picked up on the error, with one commenter humorously noting the confusion by referencing Clapton‘s well-known tune “Tears In Heaven”, with a pun: “Tears In Halen”.
Slightly than dwell on the somber implications of the mix-up, Wolfgang encourages his followers to hitch him in laughing off the absurdity of all of it. “Guys we all know they’re complicated me for Clapton‘s child,” he wrote, urging his followers to give attention to “[making] enjoyable of this silly individual with me.”
The response from most followers has been lighthearted, with many taking part in together with the conspiracy. “It is official dude… Sorry, you bought the information late,” one fan jokingly commented. One other added, “You recognize you are well-known while you’re ‘lifeless’ while you’re completely not.”
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