The 2020 Billboard Music Awards took place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on October 14, and during the broadcast, the show took a moment to pay tribute to Eddie Van Halen, who passed away at the age of 65 on October 6.
After playing a clip of Van Halen performing Panama at the Billboard Awards in 2015, the camera panned to a shot of Eddie's Kramer Frankenstrat electric guitar onstage.
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