Heather Locklear: A rollercoaster ride through love and heartache
In 1994, they tied the knot in a New Jersey civil service. Not content with just one celebration, the newlyweds jetted off to Paris for another ceremony shortly after.
Having been previously married to the wild Tommy Lee, the then-33-year-old Dynasty/T.J. Hooker/Melrose Place star expressed that she found something different and special in Richie Sambora.
On the other hand, Sambora had also lived a hard rock ‘n’ roll life; there were rumors of him dating Cher, among others. But when he saw Heather, his life changed.
”I had a great time dating women,” he recalled. ”But the minute I met my wife, I knew I was done. That was it. I think the same thing happened to her.”
According to Heather, her second marriage was very different compared to the first time she walked down the aisle.
”I handled it so differently from my first marriage,” she said in 1996 and continued:
”I told him, ‘This is who I am and this is what I want’”.
The couple spent their weekends at their mountain home in Lake Arrowhead, outside of Los Angeles.
”We are very boring. We go out to dinner to the same three restaurants and eat the same things. We like to sit around and talk,” Heather said.
In many ways, Heather and Richie seemed to live like any ordinary married couple, despite their celebrity status.
In 1997, the couple welcomed their only child, daughter Ava. When she was a little kid, Ava was often seen on-stage during concerts with Jon Bon Jovi. Sometimes, she introduced them to the audience and even danced with the band members.
Being the daughter of two big stars, her not-so-average upbringing could easily have been a nightmare. But instead, it looks like she turned out fine –Ava is a very smart and highly-educated woman today (check here). Continue reading…
