Personal Life
Lovegrove was married three times, his first marriage (1972–1979) was with Helen Corkhill who assisted him in running a band management and booking agency, Jovan, in Adelaide in the 1970s. They are the parents of Holly Lovegrove (born 1975). His second wife, Suzi Sidewinder, lived with Lovegrove from 1981, they were married in 1985 until her death from HIV/AIDS on 14 June 1987, which is depicted in an award winning documentary, Suzi's Story shown on Network Ten in Australia. Their son, Troy Lovegrove born 25 June 1985, contracted AIDS in utero and died on 3 June 1993. His third marriage, to Caroline Thompson (1994–1997) provided his youngest child, Lilli-Rae (born 1995). In 1997 Thompson left Lovegrove and Lilli-Rae. Lovegrove has two other sons, Jason and Jo. Until his death, Lovegrove lived at Rosebank about 30 km west of Byron Bay, New South Wales with his daughter Lilli-Rae, not far from his elder daughter Holly and her sons Arlo (born 1996) and Marlon (2011).
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