- Born
- Died
- Birth nameJoanne LaPatrie
- Nickname
- Jo Jo
- Jo Jo Laine was born on July 13, 1953 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. She was married to Denny Laine. She died on October 29, 2006 in St George's Hospital, Tooting, London.
- SpouseDenny Laine(November 5, 1978 - 1980) (divorced, 2 children)
- ChildrenHeidi Jo HinesBoston O'DonohueLaine Hines
- Full lucious lips
- Tiny voluptuous frame
- Auburn hair
- An avid Paul McCartney fan, she nicknamed herself Jo Jo after The Beatles' song "Get Back" when she fan-mailed him.
- Groupie who had affairs with Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Rod Stewart and Randy Rhoads. Cream's drummer Ginger Baker was quoted as saying: "No sane man would go near her.".
- A heavy alcoholic and drug user in her youth, she was diagnosed with liver cancer in 2003. Although it was terminal, she died when she fell the stairs when she visited her former house Yew Corner in Sussex, South East England (UK).
- Had two children with The Moody Blues' and Wings' musician Denny Laine (born Brian Frederick Arthur Hines): a boy, Laine Hines in 1973, and a girl, Heidi Jo Hines in 1974. Had a son in 1983, Boston, with construction builder Peter O'Donohue. In 1992 she lost a baby due to an ectopic pregnancy. The baby's father was Alexander Thynne, 7th Marquess of Bath and Viscount Weymouth.
- If only I could change my past. Look at what [alcohol] it's done to me. It's not worth it. I just want the chance to be a good mother and grandmother, but it could be too late.
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