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- NAME: Jon Bon Jovi
- OCCUPATION: Singer
- BIRTH DATE: March 02, 1962 (Age: 51)
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Perth Amboy, New Jersey
- Full Name: John Francis Bongiovi, Jr.
- ZODIAC SIGN: Pisces
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Musician and actor Jon Bon Jovi is best known as the lead singer and founder of the rock band Bon Jovi.
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In 1994, the commercial incentive to return to Bon Jovi proved too hard to resist, and the band released another album, Keep The Faith. Jon enjoyed further solo success with 1997's Destination Anywhere. The band regrouped two years later to record the Grammy-nominated album, Crush, and again in 2002 to put out its latest album,
Bounce.
More than Music
In the '90s, Jon stretched his talents by nurturing an acting career with starring roles in Moonlight and Valentino and The Leading Man. He also appeared in a handful of independent films, incluidng Pay It Forward and U-571. On television, he was a regular guest star on Ally McBeal until the series finale in 2002. Bon Jovi also made headlines in 2004 when he and Sambora became co-founders and owners of the Arena Football League's Philadelphia Soul. The following year, he and the band donated $1,000,000 to Oprah Winfrey's Angel Network.
Jon married Dorothea Hurley, a karate instructor, in 1989. They have four children, Stephanie, Jesse, Jacob and Romeo Jon.
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