You see, you don’t have to have known someone to feel the pain of losing them. Guitar legends like Eddie Van Halen — often referred to as GOAT — don’t come along but once in your lifetime. And when you think about all the different forms of entertainment, music is the one that makes you feel the deepest, hurt the hardest, smile the biggest. The idea there will never be another original guitar riff quite like Eddie’s is mind-numbing.