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Eddie Van Halen’s son Wolf pays tribute to late rocker on what would’ve been his 66th birthday

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Wolf Van Halen penned a touching tribute to his late father, Eddie, to commemorate what would’ve been the rocker’s 66th birthday on Tuesday.

“Happy 66th Birthday, Pop,” Wolf prefaced the heartfelt tweet. “I wish I could give you the biggest hug and celebrate it with you. I love and miss you so much it hurts. I don’t even know how to put it into words.”

“I’ve been doing my best to hold it together, but g——-t it’s really tough being here without you,” Wolf, 29, continued.

Wolf then followed up with a second tweet that read, “Not a second has gone by where you haven’t been on my mind, and today will be no different.”

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“Love and miss you beyond words, Pop ❤,” Wolf concluded.

The two tweets were accompanied by candid home videos from 1994. The first video features Eddie playfully capturing Wolf in his oversized t-shirt, while the second video features “Wolfie and daddy” hanging out on Christmas Eve.

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Eddie Van Halen, best known for his innovative tapping, virtuosic guitar technique and his impeccable shredding in Van Halen, died at the age of 65 in October.

Wolf Van Halen, left, penned a touching tribute to his late father, Eddie Van Halen, to commemorate what would’ve been the rocker’s 66th birthday on Tuesday. Eddie Van Halen died at the age of 65 in October.
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Van Halen told Billboard magazine in 2015 that he had one-third of his tongue removed due to cancer that had also spread to his esophagus.

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“I used metal picks — they’re brass and copper — which I always held in my mouth, in the exact place where I got the tongue cancer,” he said at the time. “Plus, I basically live in a recording studio that’s filled with electromagnetic energy. So that’s one theory. I mean, I was smoking and doing a lot of drugs and a lot of everything. But at the same time, my lungs are totally clear. This is just my own theory, but the doctors say it’s possible.”



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‘Barney Miller,’ ‘Sanford and Son’ actor Gregory Sierra dies

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NEW YORK (AP) — Gregory Sierra, who had memorable roles in the 1970s sitcoms “Barney Miller” and “Sanford and Son,” has died after battling cancer. He was 83.

Sierra’s widow, Helene, said Saturday in a phone interview with The Associated Press that the actor died on Jan. 4 in Laguna Woods, California.

Sierra’s breakthrough came in 1972 when he played the role of Fred G. Sanford’s neighbor, Julio Fuentes, on “Sanford and Son.” He also earned major attention for playing Sgt. Miguel “Chano” Amanguale on “Barney Miller,” which launched in 1975.

“He was an amazing human being, different than any other person, male or female, that I have ever known,” Helene told the AP. “He just was extremely intelligent and a brilliant actor. He had a heart (of gold). Anytime that somebody needed something, he would be there for them and he defended the underdog anytime. And he was a very charming man. He was truly a man’s man and women fell in love with him all the time.”

Sierra, who is of Puerto Rican descent, was born on Jan. 25, 1937 in New York City. His TV credits include “All in the Family,” “Soap,” “Miami Vice,” “Zorro and Son,” “Hawaii Five-O,” “Hill Street Blues” and more. He also appeared in films such as “Beneath the Planet of the Apes,” “Papillon,” “The Towering Inferno,” “Honey I Blew Up the Kid” and “The Other Side of the Wind,” which was released in 2018 after more than 40 years in development.

In addition to Helene, Sierra is survived by his daughters, Kelly and Jill, and his granddaughter, Emma.

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Gregory Sierra, ‘Sanford and Son’ and ‘Barney Miller’ actor, dies at 83

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“He was quite wonderful, and my heart is broken into 400 million pieces,” Tabor said. The cancer persisted “for quite a while and he was doing the best he could and just couldn’t do it anymore,” she said.

Originally from New York, Sierra relocated to California, pursuing a film and stage career that ultimately spanned five decades. His most prominent roles were in sitcoms from the 1970s.

In NBC’s “Sanford and Son,” he was a series regular as the Sanfords’ neighbor Julio Fuentes. Later, he portrayed Miguel “Chano” Amanguale, a detective on ABC’s “Barney Miller.”

Sierra also had supporting or guest roles in “All in the Family,” “Hill Street Blues,” “Miami Vice,” and “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.”

Film credits included “Beneath the Planet of the Apes,” “Papillon,” and “The Towering Inferno.”

Tabor called Sierra “a brilliant actor” and said he was still receiving fan mail in the days since his death. His last credited acting role was in 2018. Tabor said he decided to retire because, while he still loved acting, he had difficulty remembering his lines.

Tabor said he was “the first person to help anybody that needed help and he cared about people very much.”

Sierra is also survived by two stepdaughters and a step-granddaughter, all of whom, Tabor said, “loved him and called him ‘Dad.'”

CNN’s Travis Caldwell contributed to this report.

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Gregory Sierra, ‘Barney Miller’ and ‘Sanford and Son’ actor, dead at 83

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Actor Gregory Sierra has died at age 83.

The star, known for roles on hit 1970s sitcoms “Barney Miller” and “Sanford and Son,” died of cancer on Jan. 4 in Laguna Woods, Calif., a family spokesperson said, according to Deadline.

The native of Spanish Harlem in New York City worked at the National Shakespeare Company and in the New York Shakespeare Festival, and had parts in off-Broadway productions early in his career, according to the report.

Additionally, he was a standby for the 1967 Broadway production of “The Ninety Day Mistress.”

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Actor Gregory Sierra has died of cancer at age 83. (Getty Images)

The actor then set his sights on Hollywood and made his first credited appearance on a 1969 episode of “It Takes a Thief,” followed by a spot on “Medical Center.”

He’d also appear on high-profile shows like, “The Flying Nun,” “The Bill Cosby Show,” “All in the Family” and more.

His notable film credits include, “The Towering Inferno,” “Beneath the Planet of the Apes” and 1998’s “Vampires.”

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In 1972, he came on board “Sanford and Son” to play Julio Fuentes, a sidekick to Redd Foxx’s titular character, according to Deadline. He is credited with appearing in 12 episodes, according to IMDb.

Gregory Sierra in an episode of “Barney Miller.” (Getty Images)

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He’d eventually play NYPD detective Sgt. Miguel “Chano” Amanguale on “Barney Miller” — with a cast that included Hal Linden, Abe Vigoda, James Gregory, Max Gail and Steve Landesberg — before embarking on a career full of guest spots on iconic shows like “Magnum, P.I.,” “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” “The X-Files,” “Ellen” and more.

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Sierra’s final on-screen appearance came in the 2018 flick “The Other Side of the Wind.”

The outlet reports that he is survived by his wife Helene.

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‘Sanford And Son’ And ‘Barney Miller’ Star Was 83 – Deadline

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Gregory Sierra, who was a key part of two major 1970s sitcoms as Julio Fuentes on Sanford and Son and Sgt. Miguel “Chano” Amenguale on Barney Miller, has died. He was 83.

Sierra died Jan. 4 in Laguna Woods, California, from cancer, according to a family spokesman. His death just became public today.

Born in New York’s Spanish Harlem, Sierra worked with the National Shakespeare Company and in the New York Shakespeare Festival. He also appeared in off-Broadway plays and was a standby on Broadway for The Ninety Day Mistress in 1967.

Moving to Los Angeles, Sierra had guest appearances on such shows as It Takes a Thief, Medical Center, The High Chaparral, Mod Squad, The Flying Nun and Kung Fu.  

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In films he was also a supporting actor in Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970), Getting Straight (1970), Papillon (1973), The Towering Inferno (1974) and the Orson Welles project The Other Side of the Wind. 

Gregory Sierra (left), Demond Wilson and Redd Foxx in ‘Sanford and Son’ (1975)
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In 1972, he was cast as Julio, the sidekick to crotchety junkyard entrepreneur Fred Sanford, He was introduced in the second season episode, “The Puerto Ricans Are Coming.” The show, developed by All in the Family creators Bud Yorkin and Norman Lear, led to another memorable appearance in one of their vehicles, as Sierra played a radical Jewish vigilante in the episode “Archie is Branded” in 1973.

The versatile Sierra also was tapped later to portray Carlos “El Puerco” Valdez, a Malaguayan counter-revolutionist who kidnaps Jessica (Katherine Helmond) on ABC’s Soap.

After Sanford and Son, Sierra struck comedy gold again, appearing in 1975 as one of the original New York detectives in Barney Miller. Sierra played Chano on the show.

Sierra left Barney Miller at the end of the second season, moving over to another sitcom helmed by Barney Miller creator Danny Arnold. A.E.S. Hudson Street was set in a New York emergency room, but ended after just six episodes.

Sierra’s career continued as a recurring character on such shows as Hill Street Blues, Zorro and Son, Miami Vice and Murder, She Wrote, among many others.

Continuing his steady career, Sierra also appeared in the film The Trouble With Spies (1987), Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992), Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993), A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994), Vampires (1998) and Mafia! (1998).

He is survived by his wife, Helene. No memorial plans have been announced.



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