FILE PHOTO 12FEB97 - Rep. Sonny Bono (R-CA), shown wearing a pair of sunglasses during a National Security hearing on Capitol Hill on February 12, was killed in a skiing accident near Lake Tahoe, a Nevada sheriff's department spokesman said on January 6. The Douglas County, Nevada, sheriff's department said Bono was reported missing about 7 p.m. on January 5 and his body was found about two hours later. Bono was famous as half of the singing team Sonny and Cher before entering politics and being elected to Congress.

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