Palm Springs Vacation Oct 22, 2009
Sonny Bono of the singing duo Sonny & Cher was Mayor of Palm Springs for many years. Here are some quick practical tips and suggestions to have a positive Palm Springs holiday. (Suite101.com)
Fighting Words from Bono Sep 26, 2009
It's BONO - not Sonny Bono you twit. U2 has been around nearly 30 years so they are well established and talented. (CBS News)
Which Al Franken will show up in Washington? Jul 2, 2009
West, the Brookings scholar, noted that the late actor and singer Sonny Bono had a bumpy entrance to Congress when the Republican won a California seat in the 1990s. Bono's repeated attempts at humor in solemn proceedings made his struggle to be taken seriously even tougher. (The Drudge Report)
Cher 'supports' sex-change son Jun 20, 2009
Chaz - who recently turned 40 - is also the son of the late Sonny Bono. Thick and thin. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Cher struggles, but supports child's sex change Jun 19, 2009
Formerly Chastity Bono, the 40-year-old is the child of Cher and Sonny Bono and now goes by the name Chaz Bono. Chaz has begun operations and hormone treatments to become a man. (MSNBC -- News)
'I May Not Understand' Jun 19, 2009
Last week, Bono s publicist made the announcement that the author and musician whose father is Sonny Bono had begun the process to become Chaz shortly after her 40th birthday. "Chaz, after many years of consideration, has made the courageous decision to honor his true identity," Bono's publicist, Howard Bragman, told TMZ.. (Fox News)
Palm Springs woos students, thongs and all Apr 1, 2009
In 1991, then-Mayor Sonny Bono helped pass the city's now-famous anti-thong ordinance to end the annual spring break tradition of women wearing cheek-baring bikinis as they circled downtown by motorcycle. FirstPerson. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Palm Springs Welcomes Spring Breakers Mar 24, 2009
Give the city back to the people, said then-Mayor Sonny Bono in 1988. Bono enacted what became known as Bonos No-Nos, which included a ban on string bikinis. (CBS News)
Natasha Richardson dies Mar 20, 2009
Richardson's was the most high-profile skiing fatality in North America since rocker and former Cher husband Sonny Bono was killed in January 1998 when he struck a tree while skiing in Nevada. That accident occured less than a week after Michael Kennedy, the son of assassinated presidential candidate Robert Kennedy, died while skiing in Aspen, Colorado. (iAfrica.com)
Natasha Richardson Is Mourned Mar 19, 2009
Sonny Bono died on Jan. 5, 1998, after striking a tree on the Nevada side of the Heavenly Ski Resort near South Lake Tahoe, Calif. NFL Hall of Famer Doak Walker was injured in Colorado on Jan. 30, 1998. (New York Post -- News)
