Editing Alex Van Halen (section)

== Personal life ==
Van Halen married Valeri Kendall in June 1983, after a two-year engagement. The marriage ended in divorce two months later. In 1984 he married Kelly Carter. Their son Aric Van Halen, was born October 6, 1989. The couple divorced in August 1996. Carter was sued by Van Halen in 2013, over her commercial use of the 'Van Halen' surname. The case was settled in 2015. His son Aric is a passionate runner and competed in the Olympic trials for the [[Steeplechase at the Olympics|steeplechase]] in 2016.<ref>{{cite news |date=June 24, 2017 |title=For Aric Van Halen, a Steeplechaser, Jump Takes on a New Meaning |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/23/sports/aric-van-halen-steeplechase.html |access-date=October 15, 2019 |website=The New York Times}}</ref> He is also a talented photographer.

Van Halen married his current wife, Stine Schyberg, in 2000. She is the mother of his son Malcolm Van Halen. Malcolm shares the passion of fast cars and racing with his father and uncle. 

Van Halen is the uncle of [[Wolfgang Van Halen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0887006/bio|title=Alex Van Halen|publisher=IMDb|access-date=August 10, 2018}}</ref>

Van Halen is an ordained minister. He presided at the second wedding of his brother Eddie in 2009 and his son Malcolm's wedding in 2024.

Due to years of playing loud music, Alex is said to have major hearing loss in both ears. "In 1995 Alex Van Halen complained to his stage engineer Jerry Harvey about it. He could no longer hear the band onstage and was putting his hearing in jeopardy. Harvey built a simple in-ear monitor using two speakers that were originally designed for a pacemaker. He tuned one for bass, the other for treble."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hood |first=Phil |date=September 19, 2017 |title=You Can Say Thanks To Alex Van Halen |url=https://drummagazine.com/you-can-say-thanks-to-alex-van-halen/ |access-date=October 23, 2023 |website=DRUM! Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>