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Facts of Gene Simmons

Date of Birth: 1949 , August-25
Birth Nation: Israel
Height: 6 Feet 2 Inch

Quick Timeline of Gene Simmons

1949 Born in Tirat Carmel, Israel
1983 Began dating Shannon Tweed
2011 Married to Shannon Tweed
1980 Began dating Diana Ross
1979 Began dating Cher
1983 Broke up with Diana Ross
1989 First child, Nick Simmons
1992 Second child, Sophie Simmons
1963 Began his musical career
1973 Joined Kiss
1974 Began his acting career
2012 Won Golden God award
2014 Won Golden Medal award

Detail Timeline of Gene Simmons

August 25 , 1949

Born in Tirat Carmel, Israel

Gene Simmons was from the middle class family born as Chaim Weitz in Tirat Carmel, Israel to Feri Witz and Flóra Klein. He holds the citizenship of United States and as well of Israel. He is a tall guy with six feet and two inch height. 

1983

Began dating Shannon Tweed

He began dating Shannon Tweed from 1983. Her full name is Shannon Lee Tweed and she is the famous actress from Canada. She has also established herself as a model. She is popular for her role in Gene Simmons Family Jewels.

October 1 , 2011

Married to Shannon Tweed

Gene Simmons is a married man. He is recently married with Shannon Tweed. It is said that they were involved in romantic relationship for about three decades and then they finally got married in 2011. They also have two children from this love life. 

1980

Began dating Diana Ross

Before he began dating Shannon Tweed, he was romantically linked with Diana Ross. Her full name is Diana Ernestine Earle Ross and she is one of the great singer and actress from United States. She has also established herself as a songwriter. 

1979

Began dating Cher

It is believed that Cher is her first girl friend. It is also believed that they lived together for few years. Cher full name is Cherilyn Sarkisian and she is the great singer and actress from Untied States. She is also known as a fashion model. 

1983

Broke up with Diana Ross

His romantic love life with Diana Ross finally came to an end in 1983. They began dating each other from 1980 and they were together for about three years. The reason of their separation was rumored to be his extra affairs as he began dating Shannon Tweed soon after separating with her. 

January 22 , 1989

First child, Nick Simmons

He became father for the first time in his life in 1989. He and his girlfriend Shannon Tweed revealed at the end of 1988 that they were expecting their first child together and she gave birth to their first child on 22nd of January. 

July 7 , 1992

Second child, Sophie Simmons

He also became father for the second time in his life. In 1992, he was not married with Shannon Tweed but that year they became parents with their second child together. She gave birth to a sweet little baby girl on 7th of July and they named her Sophie Simmons. 

1963

Began his musical career

 Gene Simmons was interested in singing since his childhood days. He began his singing career since 1963 and from that time on he has been actively involved in music world. During his early musical days, he was associated with Lynx.

1973

Joined Kiss

Gene Simmons also known by his last name Simmons is a multi talented person from United States. He is a great musician and also singer and song writer. He is popular in the world for being the lead singer of the rock band Kiss.

1974

Began his acting career

Besides his singing and song writing career, he is also an actor. After gaining some fame from this singing career, he desired to enter into the acting world. He played his first acting role in 1974 was that was in the television series, The Mike Douglas Show.

2012

Won Golden God award

He has been nominated in lots of prestigious awards and he has also won some of them. In 2012, he was honored with one of the major awards in his life and that was Golden God award. He received this award from Revolver magazine. 

December 15 , 2014

Won Golden Medal award

At the end of 2014, he was also honored with one of the prestigious awards in his life and that was Golden Medal award. He received that award from Royal Artistic Circle of Barcelona. He was honored in Spain. 

Content

Gene Simmons is a married man. He is currently married to Shannon Tweed. Her full name is Shannon Lee Tweed  Simmons and she is a famous actress from Canada. She has also established herself as a model. She is popular for her role in Gene Simmons Family Jewels. It is said that they were involved in a romantic relationship for about three decades and then they finally got married in 2011. They also have two children together. They are happy to be each other's partner and there is no sign of them getting divorced.

Besides his relationship with his wife Shannon, he was also rumored to have love affairs with actresses Cher, who is also regarded as the Goddess of Pop, and Diana Ross. Diana Ross is an American singer/songwriter/actress. 

Gene Simmons began his singing career in 1963 and from that time on, he has been actively involved in the music world. Gene Simmons has co-founded the rock band Kiss with rhythm guitarist Paul Stanely in the early 1970s.

It is expected that he is earning a huge amount of salary from this professional career and his net worth is estimated around $300 million as of 2017-18.

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