[dfwgator]

yeah, i heard on the radio just a bit ago that his troubles started with jumping off of raised surfaces on stage with heels on, and that led to various physical troubles then ended in opioid addiction.

Eddie Van Halen had to get a hip replacement for the same thing.

[cherry]

normal hard working people who don’t jump off stages get arthritis and they take aleve...and put up with it....

[Vince Ferrer]

Eddie Van Halen had to get a hip replacement for the same thing.

One more thing that makes this a surprise, is that heavy drug use makes people look older than they are. Prince in his 50s looked 20 years younger at least. Compare Prince at 57 with what Eddie Van Halen looks like now.