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Jon Bon Jovi and Wife Dorothea’s Relationship Timeline

Jon Bon Jovi tied the knot with high-school sweetheart Dorothea in a spur-of-the-moment Las Vegas ceremony in 1989

Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Intrepid Sea, Air, & Space Museum Jon Bon Jovi met the love of his life Dorothea Hurley when she let him cheat off of her in their history class. Frank Trapper/Corbis via Getty ImagesJon and Dorothea reconciled, and while the band Bon Jovi was on their New Jersey Syndicate tour, the pair ran off to Vegas and tied the knot. Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagicJon was accompanied by his wife Dorothea and their daughter Stephanie to the 2024 MusiCares Person of the Year gala in February, where the “It’s My Life” singer was honored for his philanthropic work with the JBJ Soul Foundation.

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