He’s a cutie,'" Bertinelli toldOprahin February 2008 of her reasoning for attending the show.

“I’d seen her on the show and thought … hmm, I’d like to meet her.

“They were both clearly nervous and somewhat reticent.

Eddie Van Halen and Valerie Bertinelli in New York City

This struck me as a sign of genuinechemistry.”

“40 years ago my life changed forever when I met you,” she wrote.

“I will see you in our next life my love.”

Valerie Bertinelli and Eddie Van Halen at Chasens Restaurant