Jon Bon Jovi and Dorothea Hurley: The Journey From High School to Success and Happiness

On April 29, 1989, the world was surprised by the news that Jon Bon Jovi had secretly married his childhood sweetheart, Dorothea Hurley. During middle school, Bon Jovi was not the best student in his history class, so what did he do to solve this problem? He seduced Dorothea into helping him with his fraud. She let him copy the assignment and even looked at her answers.

When the couple met, Bon Jovi was just an ordinary high school student but Dorothea knew he was something special. She went around telling all her classmates that her boyfriend was going to be a rock star, and they all sarcastically replied “good luck with that”.

Few of Dorothea’s friends knew that in a few years, they, along with the world, would be singing along to the songs of Jon Bon Jovi. Those songs would reach #1 on the charts.

The couple married in 1989 at a secret wedding in Vegas. How did they make this decision? After receiving news that his album had reached No. 1, Bon Jovi looked at Dorothea and said “I need a higher feeling – I have an idea. Let’s go to Vegas now.” and that’s everything.

When Bon Jovi’s manager found out the two were secretly married… well, he informed Bon Jovi that he was unhappy. He was angry. In his eyes, “America’s boy” is now married. He was worried that Bon Jovi would lose female fans along with his single status. Obviously, that hasn’t affected Bon Jovi and Dorothea’s marriage as they celebrate 35 years today.

Happy 35 years to Jon and Dorothea!