Her spirit and can-do attitude shaped this family.
She will be greatly missed."
A cause of death was not disclosed.
Jon Bon Jovi and his mother, Carol Bongiovi, in 2008.Marc Serota/Getty Images
Marc Serota/Getty Images
Born and raised in Erie, Pa., she enlisted in the Marine Corps at 19.
Carol Bongiovi was always an avid supporter of her son’s dream to be a musician.
“I did go there as a kid,” he said of the nightclub.
“Oh God, did I have the stories and the pictures.
