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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 · Who Was Sonny Bono? Sonny Bono started his career as a singer in the mid-1960s with then-girlfriend Cher. Their biggest hit was "I Got You Babe."
Oct 12, 2023 · But by the time of Bono’s sudden death in 1998, any icy relations had thawed, thanks in part to a welcome apology from the singer-songwriter-turned-politician, Cher, who’s set to release her ...
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.
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 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...
Sep 1, 2022 · Sonny Bono might be best known as the "other" half of the more famous duo of Sonny and Cher, but he had a pretty wild life in his own right — not just in the shadow of his more glamorous then-wife. It was a pretty strange life, too, one that was shortened by a tragic accident.
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.
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