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He appeared in the 1980 miniseries Top of the Hill. He played the role of mad bomber Joe Selucci in Airplane II: The Sequel (1982) and appeared in the horror film Troll (1986). He also portrayed racist entrepreneur Franklin Von Tussle in the John Waters film Hairspray (1988).
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.
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.
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.
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.
Sonny Bono. Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994, Sonny Bono (1935-1998) made a career out of reinventing himself. He played the straight man to his then-wife Cher, on the Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour in the 1970s and later served as mayor of Palm Springs, California.
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...
Sonny & Cher were an American pop and entertainment duo in the 1960s and 1970s, made up of spouses Sonny Bono and Cher. The couple started their career in the mid-1960s as R&B backing singers for record producer Phil Spector .