";s:4:"text";s:1969:" Cher said, “What you saw on TV with Sonny and Cher was a good representation of our … Sonny had a short lived third marriage to Susie Coelho.
His nickname was Sonny Bono.
He was born on February 16, 1935 (died on January 05, 1998, he was 62 years old) in Detroit, Michigan as Salvatore Phillip Bono. 7/4/2018He was raised by his mother in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Cher and Sonny had initially met when Cher was only 16 years old and Sonny was 27. The late entertainer Sonny Bono was a close friend of John Kiedis and godfather to Anthony. Bono’s then-wife Cher babysat Anthony. After his marriage with Cher ended in 1974 Sonny appeared in movies such as ‘Hairspray', and ‘First Kid' and he was a guest star on many television shows. Cher claims in her current Biography “The First Time”, that Sonny Bono was the ultimate love of her life and that the two remained amicable in personal st ruggles and hardships. 3/16/2020The 72-year-old shared that a few parts of the show that explore her relationship with her former late husband Sonny Bono were 'painful' to produce and watch. In February 1983 he opened a restaurant, Bono's in Los Angeles. Then 35-year-old Sean Machu came forward claiming to be Bono’s illegitimate son. In May of 1982 he married Mary Whitaker.