{"id":4156,"date":"2011-12-19T20:13:10","date_gmt":"2011-12-20T01:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/?p=4156"},"modified":"2011-12-19T21:06:58","modified_gmt":"2011-12-20T02:06:58","slug":"jon-bon-jovi-is-not-dead-honest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/gospelsoundcheck\/2011\/12\/jon-bon-jovi-is-not-dead-honest.html","title":{"rendered":"Jon Bon Jovi is not dead. Honest."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rock fans and women around the world are breathing a collective sigh of relief: Jon Bon Jovi is not dead. Despite rumors of his demise, the charming rock legend is alive and well.<\/p>\n

It appears to have started with a fake blog post reporting that Bon Jovi suffered cardiac arrest<\/a>. However at a little after 7:00 PM, this photo was posted on the official Bon Jovi band Facebook page, with the status update, “‘Heaven looks a lot like New Jersey’ -jbj. Rest assured that Jon is alive and well! This photo was just taken.”<\/p>\n

The news did give the Twittersphere an opportunity to\u00a0have some\u00a0fun at\u00a0the rocker’s expense:<\/p>\n

@Scott Nevins – “Just to clarify: Jon Bon Jovi did NOT die but Kim Jong ll did. I can see how people could be easily confused…”<\/p>\n

@Aaron Sagers – “OK people, just to recap: Kim Jong Il is dead. Jon Bon Jovi is NOT dead. And in case you’re really behind, Mark Twain is definitely dead.”<\/p>\n

@SketchofMD\u00a0 – “Jon Bon Jovi isn’t dead and everybody born after 1989 is asking “Who’s Jon Bon Jovi?”<\/p>\n

@mtabini – “Jon Bon Jovi reported alive. His good music is still reported missing.”<\/p>\n

@ScuzzTV – “Jon Bon Jovi cannot be killed by conventional weapons. Also, don’t get him wet or feed him after midnight.”<\/p>\n

And this tweet, which sums up the impact social networking has on pop culture:<\/p>\n

@jonpyle – “What does it say about news that when I saw someone post that Jon Bon Jovi was dead, the first place I went to verify was Twitter.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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