Alec John Such, Bon Jovi’s bassist and founding member, dies at the age of 70.
Jon Bon Jovi on Sunday announced the death of Such, the New Jersey rock band’s bassist from 1983 to 1994.
“He was an original,” Jon Bon Jovi wrote in a post on Twitter. “As a founding member of Bon Jovi, Alec was integral to the formation of the band.”
Jon Bon Jovi, 60, credited Such for bringing the band together, noting that he was a childhood friend of drummer Tico Torres and brought guitarist and songwriter Richie Sambora to see the band perform. Such had played in a band called the Message with Sambora.
Such, born in Yonkers, New York, was a veteran figure on the thriving New Jersey music scene that helped spawn Bon Jovi.
