WHEN EDDIE MET VALERIE

Actress Valerie Bertinelli is digging through her old photo albums to reminisce about her romance with the late Eddie Van Halen as she continues to mourn his death. The One Day at a Time star took to her Instagram Story timeline last week to share a series of throwback pictures of the couple and their son, Wolfgang, two days after the guitarist, shown, died from cancer. Alongside one image of Valerie and Eddie hugging in Louisiana 40 years ago, she explained it documented “the night we met,” while a second shot showed the pair smiling, and was captioned, “Shreveport, LA. August 28, 1980.” They married in 1981 and separated 20 years later, before officially divorcing in 2007. Shortly after the news of Van Halen's death broke on Tuesday, Bertinelli paid tribute with a family photo, taken when Wolfgang, now 29, was a toddler. “40 years ago my life changed forever when I met you. You gave me the one true light in my life, our son, Wolfgang,” she wrote.