Jon Bon Jovi on death hoax: 'Heaven looks a lot like New Jersey'

Posted by has in , , on Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Jon Bon Jovi is alive and well contrary to online reports that he is dead!

Jon Bon Jovi released the photo above to belie reports that he died of heart attack Monday.
On his Facebook page, the 49-year-old rock star posted a photo of himself to dismiss the false reports. The photo shows Jon Bon Jovi holding a huge grin on his face while standing in front of a Christmas tree and holding a sign that reads "Heaven looks a lot like New Jersey."

The same picture was also posted on Bon Jovi band's Twitter page, accompanied by a message saying, "Rest assured that Jon is fine - this photo was just taken."

A website called "dailynewbloginternational" had wrongly claimed the singer-actor suffered a cardiac arrest at Empress Hotel in New Jersey and later died in Jersey Shore Medical Center Monday. The report contains the following:
Rockstar Jon Bon Jovi (John Francis Bongiovi, Jr) was pronounced dead  today after paramedics found him in a coma at his Empress Hotel, city  and law enforcement of Asbury Park, NJ sources told The Times after  World Christmas Tour concert on The Bamboozle Festival,North Beach Asbury Park.

New Jersey Fire Department-First Aid Captain Douglas Gray told The  Times that paramedics responded to a 911 call from the home. When they  arrived, Bon Jovi was not breathing.

The paramedics performed CPR and took Bon Jovi to Jersey Shore  Medical Center, Ruda said. Hundreds of reporters gathered at the  hospital awaiting word on his condition. The sources, who spoke on the  condition of anonymity, said Bon Jovi team rushed to Bon Jovi’s bedside,  where he suffered Cardiac arrest.

The detectives plan to interview relatives, friends and Bon Jovis’s  doctors to try to figure out what happened. The N.J. County coroner’s  office will determine a cause of death. A New Jersey Fire Department  source told The Times that Bon Jovi was in full cardiac arrest when  rescue units arrived.
Apparently, the fake report was copied from a Los Angeles Times announcement of the death of Michael Jackson in 2009.

The Jon Bon Jovi hoax is just the latest in a long line of notable faux-fatalities including Jackie Chan, Denzel Washington, David Guetta, Kevin Bacon, Charlie  Sheen and Jared Leto.

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