Biographic - Sunday June 3, 2018 Comic Strip Licensing and Permissions

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Born the youngest of 10 children in Detroit, Michigan, on July 9, 1975, John "Jack" Anthony Gillis worked as an upholster while playing in various local bands. He married Meg White in 1996 and, breaking with convention, took her last name. Soon the couple was collaborating musically, and the following year they debuted as The White Stripes as Detroit's gold dollar club. Meg's drums underpinning Jack's distinctive guitar and vocals. Although they divorced in 2000, Jack and Meg continued to work together as a duo. Insisting in interviews that they were brother and sister. By 2001, The White Stripes were a sensation in Britain, and the single "Fell In Love With A Girl" helped fan the flames on both sides of the Atlantic. 2003's "Elephant" album, which contained the hit single "Seven Nation Army" was a U.K. chart-topper and took the band into the U.S. top 10. Both the single and and album went on to win Grammy awards. Success opened up new doors for Jack, from producing for country legend Loretta Lynn to acting in the movie "Cold Mountain" After his high-profile romance with actress Renee Zellweger ended. He married supermodel Karen Elson in 2005. The marriage lasted 8 years and produced two children. Following 2005's "Get Behind Me, Satan" album, which climbed to No. 3 on the Billboard charts, Jack teamed up with friends to form the side project The Raconteurs (known as The Saboteurs in Australis.) The band toured extensively in 2006 in support of the album "Broken Boy Soldiers." The White Stripes resurfaced in the summer of 2007, wiht the album "Icky Thump" hitting No. 2 on the charts. 2008 brought a second album "Consolders of The Lonely" with The Raconteurs. That same year, Jack teamed up with Alicia Keys on "Another Way to Die," the theme song for the James Bond movie "Quantum of Solace." In 2009, Jack debuted another side project, The Dead Weather. Three studio albums over the next six years all hit the Billboard Top 10. Jack has an extensive collection of guitars and Rock Memorabilia and is a board member of the library of congress' national recording preservation foundation. Since 2012, Jack has released three solo albums, each of which has topped the U.S. charts. A 12-time Grammy winner, he is currently touring, playing dates in North America and Europe through September.

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