{"id":112901,"date":"2022-06-06T18:28:52","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T23:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=112901"},"modified":"2022-06-06T18:29:08","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T23:29:08","slug":"bon-jovi-musician-alec-john-such-dies-at-70-entertainment-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=112901","title":{"rendered":"Bon Jovi Musician Alec John Such Dies at 70 &#8211; Entertainment News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=112901\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=112901\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-112902 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/alec-john-such-morto-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/alec-john-such-morto-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/alec-john-such-morto.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>By Geoffrey Huchel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alec John Such, one of the founding members and the bassist for rock band Bon Jovi, passed away June 5. No cause of death was given. He was 70.<br \/>\nBon Jovi posted a statement on their Twitter saying \u201cWe are heartbroken to hear the news of the passing of our dear friend Alec John Such. He was an original. As a founding member of Bon Jovi, Alec was integral to the formation of the band\u2026\u201d He was credited with bringing the band together and was remembered as a dear friend who was \u201cwild and full of life\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Such played with Bon Jovi from 1983-1994, playing on the band\u2019s first five albums when they had hits such as\u201d You Give Love a Bad Name\u201d \u201cLivin\u2019 On a Prayer\u201d, \u201cWanted Dead or Alive\u201d, and \u201cBad Medicine\u201d. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>For his contribution to Bon Jovi, Such was enshrined in the Rock and roll Hall of Fame in 2018 alongside his band mates.<\/p>\n<p>Ringside Report sends our condolences to Alec John Such\u2019s family during their time of grief.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Geoffrey Huchel Alec John Such, one of the founding members and the bassist for rock band Bon Jovi, passed away June 5. No cause of death was given. He was 70. Bon Jovi posted a statement on their Twitter saying \u201cWe are heartbroken to hear the news of the passing of our dear friend [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":112902,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17984],"tags":[29037],"class_list":["post-112901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment-news","tag-bon-jovi-musician-alec-john-such-dies-at-70-entertainment-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=112901"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/112902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=112901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=112901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=112901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}