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Sonny Bono. Salvatore Phillip " Sonny " Bono (/ ˈboʊnoʊ / BOH-noh; February 16, 1935 – January 5, 1998) was an American singer, songwriter, actor, and politician. In partnership with his second wife, Cher, he formed the singing duo Sonny & Cher.
Apr 2, 2014 · Musician and politician Sonny Bono was once wed to singer Cher and in 1994 was elected to U.S. Congress as a representative from California.
Nov 13, 2009 · On January 5, 1998, Bono’s unusual journey was cut tragically short when he was killed in a skiing accident while on vacation with his family in South Lake Tahoe, California.
Oct 12, 2023 · When Cher and Sonny Bono went their separate ways in 1975 after a decade of marriage, things between the pair were tense. “He pissed me off royally and hurt me,” Cher, 77, tells PEOPLE in this...
Dec 29, 2017 · Sonny Bono was killed 20 years ago Jan. 5 when he skied into a tree near Lake Tahoe without a helmet. His death still haunts his widow, Mary Bono.
Jul 23, 2024 · Sonny Bono (born February 16, 1935, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.—died January 5, 1998, South Lake Tahoe, California) was an American songwriter, producer, entertainer, and politician who found fame in the 1960s and ’70s as part of the TV and music duo Sonny and Cher.
Sonny Bono was born on 16 February 1935 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for The Sonny and Cher Show (1976), Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) and Hairspray (1988). He was married to Mary Bono, Susie Coelho, Cher and Donna Rankin.
Jan 7, 1998 · Representative Sonny Bono, whose unexpected career in Republican politics followed an equally unexpected -- and successful -- career as a singer and television star with his former wife Cher,...
Jan 19, 1998 · The two married in 1964, and beginning with the sweetly simple love song I Got You Babe, recorded just a few months after they exchanged vows, Bono created a stream of hits for the duo. By the...
Jan 7, 1998 · Sonny Bono, a son of poor Sicilian immigrants who transformed himself into an unpretentious politician after his goofy act as Cher’s singing sidekick wore thin, died from head injuries when he...