#interesting In 1989, during a stop on his New Jersey Tour, Jon Bon Jovi secretly went to Las Vegas to marry his longtime girlfriend, Dorothea Hurley, at the Graceland Wedding Chapel. – The two met in high school and fell in love after she let him cheat on a history test. – When Jon’s manager found out that the two had secretly married, he let him know that he wasn’t happy. -He feared that Bon Jovi would lose his female fans along with his bachelor status. Jon and Dorothea have been together for 44 years, 35 of which as husband and wife.