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He was born John Francis Bongiovi in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, attended high school in Sayreville, and later adopted the stage name Jon Bon Jovi ( ItalianItalian is a Romance language spoken by about 70 million people, most of whom live in Italy. Standard Italian is based on Tuscan dialects and is somewhat intermediate between the languages of Southern Italy and the Gallo-Romance languages of the North. for "good life") at the behest of the record company that Bon Jovi signed with.
Bon Jovi married Dorothea Hurley on April 28, 1989 in the Graceland Chapel in Las Vegas, NevadaNevada is a state located in the western United States. The population, as of 2000, is 1,998,257. Nevada is the fastest growing state in the country. Between 2000 and 2003, Nevada's population increased 12. 2%, while the USA's population increased 3., USA. He fathered one daughter, Stephanie Rose Bon Jovi (May 31, 1993), and three sons, Jesse James Louis Bon Jovi (February 19, 1995) Jacob Hurley Bon Jovi (May 7, 2002) and Romeo Jon (March 29, 2004).
Jon Bon Jovi is a credited actor in the movies Moonlight and Valentino, The Leading Man, Destination Anywhere, Homegrown, Little City, No Looking Back, Row Your Boat, U-571U-571 is a 2000 movie directed by Jonathan Mostow and starring Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Harvey Keitel, and Jon Bon Jovi, in which a German submarine is boarded in 1942 by disguised American submariners trying to capture their Enigma cipher machin. He also had a supporting role in the movie Pay it Forward , where he played Helen HuntHelen Elizabeth Hunt (born 15 June 1963) is an American actress. She was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of an acting coach. Hunt co-starred with Paul Reiser in the television sitcom Mad About You winning Emmy Awards for her performance in 1's abusive ex-husband. TV series appearances include Sex and the CitySex and the City is a book and newspaper column written by Candace Bushnell, and an American cable television show based on Bushnell's writing. The television series, produced by the HBO network, portrays the lives of four best friends from New York City and Ally McBealAlly McBeal was an American television dramedy devised by David E. Kelley, with Calista Flockhart in the title role as a young, attractive lawyer working in the fictional Boston law firm Cage & Fish, filled with a cast of similarly young, attractive lawye.
Jon Bon Jovi has recorded two solo albums: Blaze of glory (1990) and Destination anywhere (1997) and sold over 100 million albums with the band Bon Jovi.
Jon Bon Jovi has worked on behalf of the Special Olympics, the American Red Cross, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation and other groups.
On June 15, 2001, Jon Bon Jovi addressed the prestigious Oxford Union debate society.
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