Editing Bono (section)

==Personal life==
===Family life===
[[File:Bono and Ali Hewson at the 2022 Kennedy Center Honors Dinner (52542360179).jpg|thumb|left|Bono and his wife [[Ali Hewson]] at the 2022 [[Kennedy Center Honors]] Dinner]]
At the age of thirteen, Bono met [[Ali Hewson|Alison "Ali" Stewart]], who was one year below him at Mount Temple Comprehensive School.<ref name="ii-wonder">{{cite news | url=http://www.independent.ie/woman/celeb-news/ali-hewson-its-a-wonderful-life-being-mrs-bono-26765970.html | title=Ali Hewson: It's a wonderful life being Mrs Bono | first=Chrissie | last=Russell | newspaper=[[Irish Independent]] | location=Dublin | date=27 August 2011}}</ref><ref name="koot-8">Kootnikoff, David (2012), ''Bono: A Biography'', Santa Barbara, California, pp. 7–9.</ref> After the September 1974 death of his mother left him emotionally adrift and in conflict with his father and brother,<ref name="koot-8"/> Stewart began taking care of him.<ref name=MoreMagazine>{{cite news | last=Cunningham | first= Francine | date=October 1993 | title=Ali Hewson: In the Name of Love | magazine=[[More (magazine)|More]]}}</ref> In 1976, Bono and Stewart began dating.<ref name="ii-wonder"/><ref>Kootnikoff, David (2012), ''Bono: A Biography'', Santa Barbara, California, pp. 17–18.</ref> The pair split up briefly but reunited.<ref>Stokes, Niall (third edition, 2005). ''Into the Heart: The Stories Behind Every U2 Song''. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press p. 12.</ref> Their relationship became more serious as she accompanied him in his efforts to break through in the music industry, and by 1979 they were discussing marriage, conditional upon his career becoming established.<ref>Kootnikoff, David (2012), ''Bono: A Biography'', Santa Barbara, California, p. 28.</ref>

{{Quote box|width=25em|align=right|quote="Our marriage has worked because we like each other, because we talk to each other, and we are passionate about what we do. We allow each other to pursue our goals. I wouldn't want to be married to someone who wasn't happy with what they were doing in life, and B wouldn't either. I have learned a lot about what it means to be married, how great it can be if you persevere. We're very close. He says I'm very good with the dog whistle."|source=—Ali Hewson describing her marriage, 2005<ref name="sit_back_and_relax">{{cite news|last=Jones|first=Liz|title=Sit Back and Relax? Bono's Wife Can't|newspaper=[[London Evening Standard]]|date=2 March 2005|url=http://www.atu2.com/news/sit-back-and-relax-bonos-wife-cant.html}}</ref>}}

Stewart and Bono married on 31 August 1982<ref>{{Cite news | last=Miller | first=Frank | title=Bono's Wedding | newspaper=The Irish Press | date=1 September 1982}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet | number=1564946048300290049 | date=31 August 2022 | title=40 years ago today, Bono married his soulmate, Ali. | user=U2}}</ref> in a [[Church of Ireland]] ceremony<ref>Dunphy, Eamon (1987), ''Unforgettable Fire: The Story of U2'' New York: Warner Books, p. 201.</ref> at [[All Saints Church, Raheny|All Saints Church]] in her home area, [[Raheny]].<ref name=MoreMagazine/> The ceremony combined rituals of both conventional Protestantism and the Shalom Friendship Christian group that Bono and other U2 members had belonged to.<ref>Jobling, John (2014), ''U2: The Definitive Biography'', New York: Thomas Dunne Books, pp. 95–96.</ref> U2 was in debt to their record label [[Island Records]] so the couple could not afford a honeymoon, but the label's founder [[Chris Blackwell]] gave them use of the [[Goldeneye (estate)|Goldeneye estate]] he owned in [[Jamaica]].<ref>Stokes, ''Into the Heart'', p. 46.</ref> After returning to Ireland, the couple moved to a small [[mews house]] in [[Howth]], which they shared with the rest of U2.{{sfn|U2|2006|p=130}}

The couple have four children: daughters Jordan (born 10 May 1989) and [[Eve Hewson|Eve]] (born 7 July 1991) and sons [[Elijah Hewson|Elijah Bob Patricius Guggi Q]] (born 17 August 1999) and John Abraham (born 20 May 2001).<ref name=IMDb>{{IMDb name|id=0095104|section=bio|name=Bono}}. Retrieved 19 November 2010.</ref> Elijah is the lead vocalist and guitarist in the rock band [[Inhaler (band)|Inhaler]],<ref name="Inhaler">{{cite web|url=https://www.radiox.co.uk/features/who-are-inhaler-band-bono-son-elijah-hewson/|title=Everything you need to know about Inhaler, featuring Bono's son Elijah Hewson|date=6 January 2020|work=[[Radio X (United Kingdom)|Radio X]]|access-date=10 January 2020}}</ref> while Eve is an established actress.<ref name="LATimes_BadSisters_EveH">{{Cite web |last=Dawn |first=Randee |date=12 June 2023 |title=Eve Hewson connects with her ambitious 'Bad Sisters' character |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2023-06-12/eve-hewson-connects-with-her-ambitious-bad-sisters-character |access-date=7 September 2023 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Residences===
[[File:Bono and Ali Hewson house (Temple Hill) gates, Killiney (wide view).jpg|thumb|left|The gates of Bono and Ali Hewson's principal property, Temple Hill, on Vico Road, Killiney, County Dublin]]
After leaving the Howth peninsula,  Bono and Ali bought a [[Martello tower]] in [[Bray, County Wicklow|Bray]] in northern [[County Wicklow]], south of Dublin.<ref name="UK_Vogue_22">{{Cite news |last=Bono |date=1 November 2022 |title='We Were Equal Partners In An Adventure We Hadn't Figured Out': Bono Reflects On The Intricacies Of His 40-Year Marriage |work=Vogue (UK) |url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/bono-marriage-viewpoint}}</ref> Since the 1980s, they have maintained a primary home on Vico Road, in the affluent Dublin suburb of [[Killiney]]. The house, Temple Hill, is located on the slopes of [[Killiney Hill]] and has views of Killiney Bay. Bono's childhood friend [[Gavin Friday]] lives next door.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Bono's house extension appealed by An Taisce |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/homes-and-property/bono-s-house-extension-appealed-by-an-taisce-1.909659 |access-date=6 September 2023 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=14 November 2008 |title=Bono's extension scuppered by Enya's mansion |language=en-GB |work=BelfastTelegraph.co.uk |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/music/news/bonos-extension-scuppered-by-enyas-mansion/28454450.html |access-date=6 September 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Petersen |first=Anne Helen |date=22 November 2015 |title=Inside Enya's Irish Kingdom |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/annehelenpetersen/the-keys-to-enyas-kingdom |access-date=6 September 2023 |website=BuzzFeed |language=en}}</ref> Some years after the original purchase, the Hewsons bought one neighbouring house, Curlews,<ref name="IIndo_050325_Curlews">{{Cite news |last=O'Donoghue |first=Cliodhna |date=23 March 2005 |title=Band's multi-million search for a little privacy |work=The [[Irish Independent]] |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/bands-multi-million-search-for-a-little-privacy/25996308.html}}</ref> and shortly after, a second, the castellated Lios Beag.<ref name="IIndo_060709">{{Cite news |date=9 July 2006 |title=Bono to take step down |work=The [[Irish Independent]] |url=https://www.independent.ie/business/irish/bono-to-take-step-down/26414044.html}}</ref>

Bono and Ali also own residences in the south of France and New York. In the late 1980s or early 1990s,{{when|date=June 2022}} Bono bought a top-floor duplex apartment in Manhattan's [[The San Remo|San Remo]] apartment building from [[Steve Jobs]] for $15&nbsp;million. Jobs had renovated it for his own use, but never moved in.<ref name=Isaacson>{{cite book|last=Isaacson|first=Walter|title=Steve Jobs|year=2011|publisher=Simon & Schuster|location=New York, NY|isbn=978-1-4516-4853-9|pages=[https://archive.org/details/stevejobs00isaa/page/180 180]|url=https://archive.org/details/stevejobs00isaa/page/180}}</ref> In 1993, Bono and the Edge co-purchased a seafront house in [[Èze-sur-Mer]] in the south of France.<ref name="IIndo_080809_Eze">{{Cite news |date=9 August 2008 |title=Eze does it for Bono and pals |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/eze-does-it-for-bono-and-pals/26468256.html |access-date=7 September 2023 |newspaper=The [[Irish Independent]] |language=en}}</ref>

{{quote box|align=right|width=25em|quote="Spending time with Bono was like eating dinner on a train{{mdash}}feels like you're moving, going somewhere. Bono's got the soul of an ancient poet and you have to be careful around him. He can roar 'till the earth shakes. He's also a closet philosopher...talks about the rightness, the richness, glory, beauty, wonder and magnificence of America."|source=—[[Bob Dylan]], 2005<ref>''Dylan, Bob. ''Bob Dylan Chronicles, vol. I, Simon & Schuster, N.Y. (2004) p. 174</ref>}}

===Faith===
In 2013, when discussing his faith in [[Jesus|Jesus Christ]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gospelherald.com/articles/50766/20140329/u2-s-bono-discusses-his-faith-and-insecurity-over-new-album.htm|title=U2's Bono Discusses His Faith and Insecurity Over New Album|work=Christian News, The Gospel Herald|access-date=22 September 2014|date=29 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030222219/http://www.gospelherald.com/articles/50766/20140329/u2-s-bono-discusses-his-faith-and-insecurity-over-new-album.htm|archive-date=30 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bono said that Christ was either who he claimed he was or he was "a complete and utter nutcase".<ref>{{YouTube|VIm7JRSo6w4}}, Retrieved 18 April 2014.</ref> As early as 2005, Bono was invoking this argument,<ref>Michka Assayas, Bono in Conversation, (Riverhead Hardcover, 2005) page 205.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crosswalk.com/11617924/|title=Bono: Grace over Karma|work=Crosswalk|access-date=22 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223083358/http://www.crosswalk.com/11617924/|archive-date=23 December 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> identified as the "[[Lewis's trilemma|Lewis trilemma]]".

===Health and safety===
Bono is almost never seen in public without sunglasses, as he has had [[glaucoma]] since the 1990s; this also makes him sensitive to flash photography.<ref name="bono_glaucoma">{{cite news|last1=Ellis-Petersen|first1=Hannah|date=17 October 2014|title=Bono: I've had glaucoma for past 20 years|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/oct/17/bono-glaucoma-20-years-u2-dark-glasses|access-date=17 October 2014}}</ref> During a ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' interview, he stated:
{{blockquote|[I have] very sensitive eyes to light. If somebody takes my photograph, I will see the flash for the rest of the day. My right eye swells up. I've a blockage there, so that my eyes go red a lot. So it's part vanity, it's part privacy, and part sensitivity.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Bono&nbsp;– The Rolling Stone Interview|first=Jann|last=Wenner|author-link=Jann Wenner|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=3 November 2005|issue=986}}</ref>}}

In January 1996, Bono was aboard a [[Grumman HU-16]] aeroplane flown by musician [[Jimmy Buffett]] named ''[[Hemisphere Dancer]]'' that was shot at by [[Jamaica]]n police, who believed the craft to be smuggling marijuana. The aircraft, which sustained minimal damage, was also carrying Ali Hewson, her and Bono's two daughters, Chris Blackwell, and co-pilot Bill Dindy. The Jamaican government acknowledged the mistake and apologized.<ref name=sprayed>{{cite web| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/02/arts/music/jimmy-buffett-bono-plane-jamaica-mistaica.html|title='Jamaica Mistaica': Jimmy Buffett Song Inspired After Plane Sprayed by Gunfire|first=Orlando|last=Mayorquin|website=[[The New York Times]]|date=2 September 2023|url-access=limited|access-date=23 September 2023|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

In May 2010, while rehearsing for a North American leg of the U2 360° Tour, Bono suffered a [[Spinal disc herniation|herniated disk]] and severe compression of the [[sciatic nerve]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2010/05/25/u2s-north-american-tour-including-chicago-date-postponed-while-bono-recovers-from-surgery/|title=U2's North American tour, including Chicago date, postponed while Bono recovers from surgery|website=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=25 May 2010|access-date=5 May 2018|archive-date=20 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180520192604/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-05-25/entertainment/chi-100521-bono-u2-emergency-surgery_1_u2-com-u2-s-north-american-live-nation|url-status=live}}</ref> and he was taken to a clinic in [[Munich]] for emergency [[neurosurgery]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10139846.stm|title=Bono's back surgery puts U2 dates in jeopardy|publisher=The BBC|date=21 May 2010|access-date=21 May 2010}}</ref><ref name="postp-1">{{cite web|url=http://www.u2.com/news/title/bono-discharged-from-hospital|title=Bono Discharged From Hospital|publisher=U2.com|date=25 May 2010}}</ref> The North American tour was postponed and rescheduled for 2011.<ref name="postp-2">{{cite web |url=http://www.u2.com/news/title/north-american-leg-postponed |title=North American Leg Postponed |publisher=U2.com |date=25 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.u2.com/news/title/north-american-dates-will-be-rescheduled-in-2011 |title=North American Dates Will Be Rescheduled in 2011 |publisher=U2.com |date=25 May 2010}}</ref>

On 16 November 2014, Bono was involved in a "high energy bicycle accident" when he attempted to avoid another rider in [[New York City|New York]]'s [[Central Park]]. Bono was rushed to [[NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital]]/[[Weill Cornell Medicine|Weill Cornell Medical Center]]'s Emergency Department and underwent "multiple X-rays and CAT scans" followed by five hours of surgery. Bono sustained fractures of the shoulder blade, humerus, orbit and pinky finger. Orthopaedic trauma surgeon Dean Lorich, MD, stated that "[Bono] was taken urgently to the operating room... where the elbow was washed out and debrided, a nerve trapped in the break was moved and the bone was repaired with three metal plates and 18 screws."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bono-intensive-therapy-bike-injury-20141119|title=Bono Treated With Metal Plates, 'Intensive Therapy' After Bike Injury|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|first=Jason|last=Newman|date=19 November 2014|access-date=29 January 2015|archive-date=28 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128183014/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bono-intensive-therapy-bike-injury-20141119|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.evoke.ie/showbiz/injured-bono-keeps-his-head-down-as-hes-seen-for-the-first-time-since-emergency-surgery-after-bike-crash/| work= evoke.ie| title= Injured Bono keeps his head down as he's seen for the first time since emergency surgery after bike crash| date= 24 December 2014| access-date= 6 May 2015| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150518091753/http://www.evoke.ie/showbiz/injured-bono-keeps-his-head-down-as-hes-seen-for-the-first-time-since-emergency-surgery-after-bike-crash/| archive-date= 18 May 2015| url-status= dead| df= dmy-all}}</ref> Bono posted to U2's official website, "As I write this, it is not clear that I will ever play guitar again", as reported in ''[[Cycling Weekly]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Clarke|first1=Stuart|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/cycling-injuries-mean-bono-may-never-play-guitar-150598|title=Cycling Injuries mean Bono May Never Play Guitar Again|magazine=[[Cycling Weekly]]|access-date=1 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102184317/http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/cycling-injuries-mean-bono-may-never-play-guitar-150598|archive-date=2 January 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2016, during the recording sessions for U2's album ''[[Songs of Experience (U2 album)|Songs of Experience]]'', Bono had what the Edge called a "brush with mortality"; as a result of the episode, he decided to rework the album's lyrics.<ref name="edge-rs-mortality">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-edge-on-u2s-songs-of-experience-bonos-brush-with-mortality-253290/|title=The Edge on U2's 'Songs of Experience,' Bono's 'Brush With Mortality'|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|first=Andy|last=Greene|date=18 September 2017|access-date=2 July 2018}}</ref> ''[[The Irish Times]]'' reported that sometime in late 2016 between Christmas and New Year's Day, Bono had a near-death experience.<ref name="it-albumrelease">{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/u2-s-new-album-songs-of-experience-the-most-tortuous-journey-1.3312029|title=U2's new album Songs of Experience: the most tortuous journey|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|first=Brian|last=Boyd|date=1 December 2017|access-date=2 December 2017}}</ref> At the time, he did not specify what had happened,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/bono-the-rolling-stone-interview-3-203774/|title=Bono: The Rolling Stone Interview|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|first=Jann S.|last=Wenner|author-link=Jann Wenner|date=11–25 January 2018|access-date=13 July 2018|issue=1304/1305|pages=32–41}}</ref> but in his 2022 memoir ''Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story'', he revealed that he had undergone [[open-heart surgery]] due to a [[aortic aneurysm|"blister"]] that formed over time in his [[aorta]] as a result of having a [[bicuspid aortic valve]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/u2-frontman-bono-reveals-he-had-heart-surgery-in-2016-in-new-memoir-surrender-3342136|title=Bono had heart surgery in 2016 to repair 'blister' on his aorta|website=[[NME]]|first=Tom|last=Skinner|date=3 November 2022|access-date=16 February 2023}}</ref> The eight-hour operation was performed by [[David H. Adams]] at [[Mount Sinai Hospital (Manhattan)|Mount Sinai Hospital]], and Bono made a full recovery.<ref>{{cite book |author=Bono |date=2022 |title=Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story |chapter=Lights of Home |publisher=Knopf |isbn=978-0593663691}}</ref>