Jon Bon Jovi is mourning the dying of his mother, and honoring her reminiscence.
Carol Bongiovi died on Tuesday at Monmouth Medical Heart, Lengthy Department, New Jersey, simply three days earlier than her 84th birthday.
“Our mom was a drive to be reckoned with,” Bon Jovi stated in a press release launched on behalf of his household. “Her spirit and can-do angle formed this household. She might be significantly missed.”
Carol, who was born and raised in Erie, Pennsylvania, was the founding father of the official fan membership for her son’s iconic rock band, Bon Jovi, in addition to an entrepreneur and U.S. Marine veteran.
It was within the service the place Carol met her future husband, John Bongiovi, Sr. The couple later moved to Sayreville, New Jersey, the place they raised their household.
Carol is survived by her husband of 63 years, in addition to three sons and daughters-in-law: Jon Bon Jovi and spouse Dorothea, Anthony and Nina Yang Bongiovi, and Matthew and Desiree Bongiovi — in addition to eight grandchildren.
The unlucky information of Carol’s dying comes lower than two months after some joyful information for the household, as Bon Jovi’s 22-year-old son, Jake Bongiovi, tied the knot with girlfriend Millie Bobby Brown.
The rocker confirmed experiences of the couple’s secretive marriage ceremony whereas talking with BBC’s The One Present again in Might.
“They’re nice, they’re completely unbelievable, it was a really small household marriage ceremony and the bride appeared beautiful and Jake is comfortable as might be,” Bon Jovi stated throughout the interview.
Bon Jovi beforehand gushed over his new daughter-in-law in April to The Instances of London.
“I’ve gotten to know her within the final 12 months, she works actually arduous, and she or he and Jake will develop collectively in their very own means,” stated Bon Jovi of his son and Brown. “It’s an accelerated model of what I went by way of 40 years in the past and I feel, with the assist of household round them, they’re gonna be nice collectively.”
It does not trouble Bon Jovi that his son married younger as a result of so did he. The singer eloped together with his highschool sweetheart, Dorothea, in Las Vegas in 1989 and have since welcomed 4 youngsters collectively.
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