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Message: <blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 1491306" data-attributes="member: 1246">Jan. 5, 1998In his characteristically blunt and self-deprecating manner, Sonny Bono transformed himself relatively late in his life, morphing from the shorter, homelier, masculine half of a <a href="http://www.history.com/topics/1960s" target="_blank">1960s</a> husband-and-wife singing and acting sensation (alongside his glamorous third wife, Cher) into a respected <a href="http://www.history.com/topics/california" target="_blank">California</a> lawmaker and U.S. congressman. 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.</blockquote>