how did sonny bono die
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Bono's death caused by massive head injuries Bono's death caused by massive head injuries. SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, California (CNN) -- An autopsy on the body of U.S. Rep. Sonny Bono, the former singer and TV performer who was killed in a skiing accident Monday, revealed that he died of massive head injuries.
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- Sonny Bono's widow isn't letting him rest in peace. Rep. Mary Bono tells TV Guide that the pop star-turned-congressman was a prescription drug abuser, and she believes that this led to his death in a skiing accident last January.
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Al Capone He was already showing signs of syphilitic dementia early in his sentence, and he became increasingly debilitated before being released after eight years. On January 25, 1947, Capone died of cardiac arrest after suffering a stroke.
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- On January 22, 2008 influential actor and director Heath Ledger died in his Manhattan apartment from an accidental overdose due to the combined effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam and doxylaminie.
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On International Overdose Awareness Day, 15 celebs who died of drug overdoses The bassist for the masked and strangely clad metal band Slipknot died of an overdose of morphine and fentanyl. Before his death he'd had legal problems, including a 2003 arrest for pot, coke and drug paraphernalia. Seven years later, he OD'd at 38 in an Iowa hotel room.
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Chris Farley death photos Chris Farley death photos. Following his final guest appearance on Saturday Night Live on October 25, 1997, Farley’s hoarse voice and flushed skin were the subject of public scrutiny. In the final years of his life, Farley had sought treatment for obesity and drug abuse on 17 occasions. On December 18, 1997, he was found dead by his younger brother, John, in his apartment in the John Hancock Center in Chicago. An autopsy later revealed that Farley had died of a cocaine and morphine overdose early that morning.
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- Denzel Washington (1954 - ) Cry Freedom (1987) [Steve Biko]: Dies of kidney failure resulting from a brain injury while in police custody; his body is shown again later on in the morgue when Kevin Kline and Juanita Waterman view the body.
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Obituary Directorymichael bono BONO, MICHAEL A. 33, of Dahlonega, GA died March 17, 2012 at Grady Memorial Hospital from injuries sustained in an auto accident. He was the husband of Heather (Shiner) Bono. Born in New Bedford, the son of Paul A. and Suanne (Baker) Bono, he was...
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Biography Mini Bio (1). Bono was born Paul David Hewson in Dublin, Ireland on May 10, 1960, to Iris (Rankin) and Brendan Robert Hewson. He has been the lead singer of the rock band U2 since 1976.U2 has won 22 Grammy Awards to date, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005.ocalist, guitarist and songwriter of the rock band U2. Children: Jordan Hewson (born on his 29th birthday, 10 May 1989), Memphis Eve Hewson (born 7 July 1991), Elijah Bob Patricius Guggi Q (born 18 August 1999) and John Abraham (born 21 May 2001). His father, Robert Hewson, died of cancer in Dublin.
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23 Celebrities Who Lost Their Battle With AIDS Hudson died of AIDS-related complications in 1985. His death caused a mini-panic in Hollywood, as one of his last roles, on the prime-time soap Dynasty, required a long kiss with co-star Linda Evans (Evans was, obviously, fine and not angry at Hudson for not disclosing his HIV status).
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Kara Kennedy, Daughter of Edward Kennedy, Is Dead at 51 In her generation alone, John F. Kennedy Jr. was killed in a plane crash in 1999; Michael L. Kennedy died in a skiing accident in 1998 and his brother David of a drug overdose in 1984. Edward Kennedy died of brain cancer in August 2009 at the age of 77, the only one of four sons to survive to old age.
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Celebrity Biographies Other Relationship Information about Cher and Sonny Bono: Sonny and Cher claimed to be married in 1963 while in Tijuana, Mexico, but weren't legally married until 1969 in Las Vegas.
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This Cosby/Steve Harvey Show Actor Died Violently, You Will Not Believe Why What many may not know is that Merlin was murdered in cold blood at the age of 26, in 2002 and the reason he was murdered will make you even more heartbroken and angry at the same time. Soon after The Steve Harvey Show ended in the same year, 2002, Merlin had a tough time getting new roles.
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Howard Rollins Is Dead at 46; Star in TV's 'Heat of the Night' Continue reading the main story. 1  Howard Rollins, an actor who was nominated for an Academy Award in 1981 for his work in the film ''Ragtime'' and was written out of the hit television series ''In the Heat of the Night'' in 1993 because of drug problems, died on Sunday at St. Luke's Hospital in Manhattan. He was 46.
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A Few of Our Losses . . . Jack Cassidy, 50, actor * died in a fire from smoking in bed. Errol Flynn, 50, actor * heart attack. Patrick Swayze, Smoker, Dead at 57. Patrick Swayze, star of Dirty Dancing and Ghost died on September 14, 2009, after a two year battle with pancreatic cancer.
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Bono Paul David Hewson (born 10 May 1960), known by his stage name Bono (/ˈbɒnoʊ/), is an Irish singer-songwriter, musician, venture capitalist, businessman, and philanthropist. He is best known as the lead vocalist of rock band U2. Bono was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, and attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School where he met his future wife, Alison Stewart, and the future members of U2. Bono writes almost all U2 lyrics, frequently using religious, social, and political themes.
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Is Freddy fender dead? Fender underwent a kidney transplant in 2002 donated by his daughter and a transplant of the liver in 2004. Nonetheless, his condition continued to worsen. He was suffering fr…om an incurable cancer in which he had tumors on his lungs. On December 31, 2005, Freddy performed his last concert and resumed chemotherapy. He died on October 14, 2006 of lung cancer at his home in Corpus Christi, Texas with his family at his bedside.
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- Of the band's earliest members, guitarist Allen Collins died in 1990 from pneumonia. Bassist Leon Wilkeson, who was badly injured in the 1977 plane crash, never fully recovered, and died of natural causes in 2001. Guitarist Hughie Thomasson died of a heart attack in 2007. Keyboardist Billy Powell died in 2009 of suspected heart failure. Rossington is the only founding member who stills performs with Lynyrd Skynyrd.
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Joan Rivers died of low blood oxygen after she suffered complications while under sedation with Michael Jackson drug propofol during throat surgery Rivers died in New York City on September 4 at the age of 81 following a minor throat procedure at Yorkville Endoscopy. Scroll down for video. Cause of death: Joan Rivers (above) died of therapeutic complication as a result of throat surgery it was revealed today.
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Biography After the 1980s, Martin took it easy--that is, until his son, Dean Paul Martin died in a plane crash in 1987. Devastated by the loss, from which he never recovered, he walked out on a reunion tour with Sinatra and Davis. Martin spent his final years in solitude. He died on Christmas Day, 1995.
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Peers Praise Joey Ramone, The Man And The Musician Bono called Ramone in his hospital room on Good Friday, and U2's song In a Little While was playing in the room when Ramone died two days later. Even closer to Joey, at least at one time, was Ramones bassist Dee Dee Ramone (born Douglas Colvin).
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7 Musicians Who Died Whilst on Stage Lee Morgan. Lee Morgan’s case proves how fatal love can really be. The popular hard bop trumpeter was shot by his common-law wife on February 19, 1972, after an argument between sets while performing at Slugs’, a jazz club in New York City’s East Village. Morgan was shot in the heart and died instantly. He was 33 years old.
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American IdolFinalist Michael Johns Dies at 35 • originally published. American Idol finalist Michael Johns died Friday from a blood clot in his ankle, according to his website and various reports. The Australian-born singer, 35, had finished eighth on Season 7 of the singing competition in 2008.ohns is the first American Idol finalist to pass away. Born Michael Lee, he came to the U.S. on a tennis scholarship in 1997 and moved to Atlanta to pursue a music career before auditioning for Idol, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
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Heath Ledger Ledger died on 22 January 2008 from an accidental intoxication from prescription drugs. A few months before his death, Ledger had finished filming his performance as the Joker in The Dark Knight.
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- Rock n Roll Suicide: Donny Hathaway (1945-1979) The story of the suicide’s life inevitably begins at the end. The life itself forever exists in the shadow of death, every detail a crumb leading back to the foregone conclusion. Donny Hathaway fell from the window of his 15th floor room at New York’s’ Essex House Hotel on January 13, 1979. He was 33.
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Heath Ledger's father reveals dead actor's 'Joker diary' written during The Dark Knight Heath Ledger kept a chilling diary in preparation for his Oscar-winning portrayal of the Joker in The Dark Knight. The Australian actor died of an accidental overdose of a combination of prescription medications in January 2008.