JANUARY 5th It was on this day in 1998 that singer turned politician, Sonny Bono, was killed in a skiing accident at the age of 62. Born in 1935, Sonny Bono first rose to fame in the early 1970s as half of the singing duo Sonny and Cher, and as wife Cher’s straight man and costar on The Sonny and Cher Show. During his musical career as a singer and songwriter, Sonny received ten gold records but was most famously known for the 1965...