On the 16th of February 1935: #SonnyBono, American musician, vocalist (#SonnyAndCher - "I Got You Babe"), #songwriter ("Bang Bang"; "Needles and Pins"), actor (Hairspray), and politician (US Congress (R)-CA, 1995-98), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1998).
#HappyBirthday #RIP †

"Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" is the second single by American singer-actress #Cher from her second album, #TheSonnySideOfChér (1966). It was written by her husband #SonnyBono and released in 1966. It reached No. 3 in the #UKSinglesChart and No. 2 on the #Billboard #Hot100 for a week (behind "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration" by #TheRighteousBrothers), eventually becoming one of Cher's biggest-selling singles of the 1960s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBjCp5LISuU

Cher Wants Sonny Bono’s Widow to Pay Her $1 Million Legal Tab

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/cher-sonny-bono-widow-mary-attorney-fees-1235499140/

#OnThisDay in 1998, #SonnyBono, American actor, musician, vocalist, (#SonnyAndCher) and politician (Rep-R-Ca, 1995-98), died at Heavenly Ski Resort in Lake Tahoe, California, when he hits a tree at 62.
#RIP 🕊️

Comin' Down the Chimney 🎬
#SonnyBono
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxuTA50h-Gc

Comin' Down the Chimney 🕳
#SonnyBono
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIoWtkFTqAM