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Bono
Age: 49
Height: 5' 6 1/2"
Birth Place: Dublin, Ireland
Born: May. 10th, 1960
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NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at
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BIOGRAPHY: Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003 for his successful efforts to relieve third world debt and promote AIDS awareness in Africa. Received the rank of Chevalier dans l'Ordre de la Legion d'Honneur (Knight in the Order of the Legion of Honor) from French President Jacques Chirac on February 28, 2003.
TRIVIA:
- Voted the most powerful personality in the music industry by music execs.
- 'Luciano Pavarotti' (qv) called Bono's father relentlessly, so that he would try and convince his son to write a song for him.
- 'U2 (I)' (qv) won the Brit Award for International Group in 1989.
- Resides in Killiney, County Dublin, Ireland and shares a villa in Èze, France and an apartment at The San Remo in New York City with 'The Edge' (qv).
- Good friends with 'The Killers' (qv) front-man 'Brandon Flowers' (qv).
- (11 November 2004) 'U2 (I)' (qv) were inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame for their outstanding contribution to British music and integral part of British music culture.
- Wrote the song "The Sweetest Thing" after missing his wife's birthday. When the song was rerecorded, his wife, 'Ali Hewson' (qv), received all the proceeds of its sale. She gave them, in turn to a charity for victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
- His stage name comes from Bono Vox, a hearing aid retailer. Bono Vox is Latin for "good voice"
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