Paul David Hewson

Paul David Hewson singing (http://salu2podcast.wordpress.com/u2-mini-bios/)

My Hero

My definition of a hero is somebody that inspires you or likes to do the same thing's that you like to do. For example like doing music, sports, or other things. A hero is someone who cares about other people and helping them.

My hero is Paul David Hewson, better known as Bono. He is a band member of a Irish rock group from Dublin called U2. He has written many songs about poverty and the awful death of his father. He also wrote about many more subjects about life and the world. He has been the leader of the band U2 for thirty years. Bono was born in Northern Dublin, in Ballymun. At age fourteen, his mother died from a brain hemorrhage and his grandfather also died as well. Bono changed his name to Bono after ''Bono vox'' which means ''good voice'' in Latin. In 1976, he went to Mount Temple College. Then he started dating Alison Stewart and then they married on August 21st. Since then he has been busy on tour, making music, and being involved in many global projects.

Bono has been involved in a variety of causes outside of U2. His work as an activist, due largely to his Christian beliefs, began when inspired by Live Aid. He traveled to Ethiopia to work in a feeding camp with his wife and the Charity World Vision. Bono also went to Central America in 1985 to see the damage caused by the wars in Nicaragua and El Salvador. After his visit, U2 toured as part of the Amnesty International Benefit Tour, a Conspiracy of Hope. In 2002 he started his program ''One'' which helps people in poverty and Aids in Africa. In 2006, Bono and Bobby Shriver co-founded the product (Red)campaign, which hopes to eliminate Aids in Africa.

Bono has inspired me by his songs. His songs are all about his life, and things that have happened in other peoples lives. So someone can just sit down and listen to his music and remember all about the past and their memories. I think he is a good influence on people who want to be an activist. He cares about other people and helps them in poverty and Aids. He has done many good things for the earth like making a recycled clothing line called “Edun'' and that's how he inspires me to be like him.