Were they on good terms when Sonny Bono died? Sonny Bono died in 1998 after a skiing accident. He left behind a second career, a wife, and several children, including Chaz Bono, the child he ...

Sonny Bono become mayor of Palm Springs and later a California congressman for the area. He died in a skiing accident in Lake Tahoe in 1998, and Mary Bono, his fourth wife, won his seat.

Cher has won her years-long copyright lawsuit against Sonny Bonno's Widow over royalty payments from the Sonny & Cher catalog, a federal judge in the Central District of California ruled on Wednesday.