Bon Jovi Bassist and Founding Member Alec John Such Dead at 70

Bon Jovi founding member and bassist Alec John Such has passed away. He was 70.

The band confirmed his moving on Tweets Sunday afternoon with a visual including his year associated with birth and death using a “Bon Jovi forever” logo design above his name.

It’s unclear how the music performer passed away.

“We are heartbroken to hear this news of the passing of our beloved friend Alec John This kind of, ” Bon Jovi posted on their Twitter accounts .

“He was an original. As a founding member of Bon Jovi, Alec was integral to the development of the band. … To end up being honest, we found the way to each other thru your pet — He was a years as a child friend of Tico [Torres] and delivered Richie [Sambora] to see us perform. Alec was always wild plus full of life. Today these unique memories bring a grin to my face and a rip to my eye. We will skip him dearly. ”

Alec John Such associated with Bon Jovi performing onstage at Wembley Arena, Greater london 14 May 1993.
(Ian Dickson/Redferns)

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Tributes came pouring within on social media for the stone star, who has shared the particular stage with legendary music artists alike throughout a decades-long profession.

Jon discussed the band’s tweet in order to his own account and published: “Alec, you will be missed. inch

Founding associate and keyboardist David Bryan wrote: “RIP my spirit brother…. It was an honour and pleasure to share the particular stage and to share lifetime with you….. ”

Such played within the Message in the earlier ‘80s along with Richie Sambora before becoming a member of Bon Jovi. He still left the group in 1994 because of feeling “burned out. inch

Alec John This kind of Bon Jovi talks onstage during the 33rd Yearly Rock and Roll Hall of Popularity Induction Ceremony at Community Auditorium on April fourteen, 2018, in Cleveland, Kansas.
(Theo Wargo)

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He reunited with the team in 2018 when the music group was inducted into the Stone Hall of Fame.

“When Jon Beleg Jovi called me upward and asked me to stay his band many years back, I soon realized exactly how serious he was and had a vision that he desired to bring us to, and am too happy to are already a part of that vision, inch he said.

He continued: “These men are the best. We had so many excellent times together and we wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for all those guys. Love them to dying and always will. inch

Bon Jovi is known to be one of the most influential American rock and roll band’s of all time, having marketed more than 130 million information worldwide.

Beleg Jovi backstage before the performance at Summerfest, Milwaukee, wisconsin, Wisconsin, June 29, 85. From left, Richie Sambora, Alec John Such, Jon Bon Jovi, Tico Torres and David Bryan.
(Paul Natkin)

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