Editing Richie Sambora (section)

==Personal life==
Sambora married actress [[Heather Locklear]] in Paris on December 17, 1994.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20156814,00.html|title=Cover Story: A Surprise Ending – Vol. 65 No. 7|date=February 20, 2006}}</ref> Their daughter Ava Elizabeth Sambora, was born on October 4, 1997.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/gossip/1997/10/08/1997-10-08_baldwin_life_of_party__dems_.html|website=Nydailynews.com|title=Baldwin Life of Party? Dems may Capitol-ize|access-date=June 10, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/|title=Music News|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=June 10, 2021}}</ref> Locklear filed for divorce in February 2006 citing irreconcilable differences.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/television/2007-04-12-963251932_x.htm|title=Heather Locklear, Richie Sambora divorce |website=Usatoday30.usatoday.com|access-date=June 10, 2021}}</ref> The divorce was finalized on April 11, 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/celebrity/heather-locklear-richie-samboras-divorce-finalized/|title=Heather Locklear & Richie Sambora's Divorce Finalized|date=April 11, 2007}}</ref> On April 20 2007, Sambora's father, Adam, died of lung cancer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.canada.com/topics/entertainment/story.html?id=edd11159-5c4d-4739-831e-e8f79e109fed&k=15773 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102221927/http://www.canada.com/topics/entertainment/story.html?id=edd11159-5c4d-4739-831e-e8f79e109fed&k=15773|url-status=dead|title=Richie Sambora's father dead|archive-date=January 2, 2016|website=canada.com|access-date=June 10, 2021|date=23 April 2007}}</ref>

===Alcohol problems===
On June 7, 2007, it was announced that Sambora was entering an undisclosed [[Drug rehabilitation|rehab]] facility in Los Angeles for treatment related to alcoholism.<ref>''[[Us Weekly|US Magazine]]'' article: "[http://www.usmagazine.com/richie_sambora_in_rehab Richie Sambora Seeks Treatment] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090413060635/http://www.usmagazine.com/richie_sambora_in_rehab |date=April 13, 2009 }}".</ref><ref>[https://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/06/08/richie-sambora-enters-rehab-blur-reunion-is-tentative-andre-3000-to-play-sammy-davis-jr/] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116024355/http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/06/08/richie-sambora-enters-rehab-blur-reunion-is-tentative-andre-3000-to-play-sammy-davis-jr/|date=January 16, 2009}}</ref> Following his release, he told an interviewer, "I was just drinking too much and I needed to get my life together. I'm still in therapy and stuff like that, but it's good. I'm great. I feel fine."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/ae/celebrity/articles/2008/03/27/richie_samboras_dui_arrest|title=Richie Sambora's DUI arrest | work=The Boston Globe | date=March 27, 2008}}</ref> In the Bon Jovi documentary ''When We Were Beautiful'', Sambora talks candidly about his addiction to painkillers following a fall in his bathroom. He credited his bandmates and mother with helping him through the difficult time.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jon-bon-jovis-opening-act/|title=Jon Bon Jovi's Opening Act | work=CBS News | date=May 15, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20177836,00.html |title=Richie Sambora Felt Dragged Through 'Hell' – Health, Music News, Richie Sambora |website=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080214000759/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20177836,00.html |archive-date=14 February 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

On March 26, 2008, Sambora was arrested for [[Driving under the influence|drunk driving]] in [[Laguna Beach, California]] where he was a longtime resident.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sambora/bon-jovi-guitarist-arrested-for-drunken-driving-idUSN2644497420080326 | publisher=Reuters | first=Dan | last=Whitcomb | title=Bon Jovi guitarist arrested for drunken driving | date=26 March 2008 | access-date=5 December 2019}}</ref><ref name=people>''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' Magazine article: "[https://web.archive.org/web/20080327053945/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20186447,00.html Richie Sambora Busted for DUI; Daughter Was in the Car]".</ref><ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/richie-sambora-s-dui-troubles-might-get-worse-wbna24114399|title=Richie Sambora's DUI troubles might get worse|website=Today.com|date=April 15, 2008 |access-date=June 10, 2021}}</ref> Both his ten-year-old daughter and her 18 year old cousin were in the vehicle.<ref name=people /> At his May 2008 arraignment, he pleaded [[Nolo contendere|no contest]] "to driving with a [[blood alcohol level]] of .08 or higher", was fined $390, placed on [[probation]] for three years, and was required to attend a driver's education course.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=7&entry_id=25926|title=Sambora Pleads Guilty To Drunk Driving | newspaper=[[The San Francisco Chronicle]] | first=Karen|last=Reardanz|date=April 23, 2008}}</ref>

On April 28, 2011, it was announced that Sambora had made the decision to enter rehab again. He was absent from the band for thirteen shows during the [[Bon Jovi Live (concert tour)|Bon Jovi Live]] tour, and his guitar and vocal duties were handled by session musician Theofilos "[[Phil X]]" Xenidis.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/richie-sambora-reportedly-going-back-to-rehab/|title=Richie Sambora reportedly going back to rehab | work=CBS News | first=David|last=Riedel|date=April 28, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bonjovi.com/story/news-band/bon_jovi_to_continue_tour |title=Bon Jovi to Continue Tour |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120721073413/http://www.bonjovi.com/story/news-band/bon-jovi-to-continue-tour |archive-date=July 21, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all |access-date=February 6, 2016 }}</ref> This was Sambora's second stint in rehab and was announced just a week after he finished probation for [[drunk driving]] charges.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bon Jovi Touring Without Rehabbing Richie Sambora|date=April 28, 2011|url=http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/b238976_bon_jovi_touring_without_rehabbing.html|access-date=April 29, 2011}}</ref> Sambora returned to join the band in June 2011 in Zagreb, Croatia, for the start of the European leg of the tour.