Sonny Bono 'assassinated' by hitmen

Herald Sun ^ | 4 April 2008

[Aussie Dasher]

SONNY Bono, former husband and singing partner of superstar Cher, was clubbed to death by hitmen on the orders of drug and weapons dealers who feared he was going to expose them, a former FBI agent claims.

Ted Gunderson, now a private investigator, has told the US Globe tabloid that Bono, who served as mayor of Palm Springs for four years, did not die after hitting a tree on a Nevada ski slope in January 1998 as everyone believed.

"It's nonsense for anyone to now try to suggest that Bono died after crashing into a tree. There's zero evidence in this autopsy report... to show such an accident happened. Instead, there's powerful proof he was assassinated.

"This was an evil plot that was carried out to almost perfection by ruthless assassins," Mr Gunderson told the paper.

The former agent, who has been researching Bono's accident for the past decade, said top officials linked to an international drug and weapons ring feared the singer-turned-politician was about to expose their crimes - so they had him killed on the slopes.

Bono, an experienced skiier, was ambushed on the slopes by hired hitmen, who beat him to death and then staged a tree collision, Mr Gunderson said.

He called for authorities to dig up Bono's remains and open a homicide investigation.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Here's a link:

http://www.cnn.com/US/9712/31/kennedy.update.2/

Even the articles says that the accident "appears accidental."

I'm not into conspiracies but I always found it weird that two politicians could die in skiing accidents and Congress never came up with a bill that would ban skiing.

[BufordP]

Sonny Bono killed in skiing accident, CNN Jan, 1998

...Bono, an avid skier, was reported missing about 4:30 p.m. at Heavenly Ski Resort in South Lake Tahoe, California. The resort is about 55 miles (88 km) southwest of Reno, Nevada, on the California-Nevada state line. A ski patrol searched the Nevada side of the mountain and found the body some two hours later...

No eyewitnesses to his demise.

[MARTIAL MONK]

Look up Guderson, King of the Kooks and “former head of the FBI”. Should get good play here though.

[Always Right]

I actually thought Bono had a good shot at being President. He was a great Congressman.

[mamelukesabre]

WHen you’re old, it doesn’t take much of a crack on the noggin to do you in. An old highschool teacher of mine died from a golf ball that landed on his head while trying to sink a putt. A kid would’ve been unphased by that.

[Always Right]

Wasn’t that the year that one of the Kennedy’s also died of a skiing accident? If so, is there a link?

They were a few months a part, but I think it was different years.

[BufordP]

Oops!

...The main lodge manager at Heavenly Ski Resort, Stan Miller, told The Associated Press that Bono was skiing alone at the top of the Orion slope when he crossed beneath a chairlift and hit a tree...

[I see my hands]

"Could this be true?"

Since fire has never melted snow it must be true.

[CitizenM]

I have skied often and never heard of, or saw anyone hit a tree hard enough to kill them. Always thought there were a lot of questions left unanswered when Bono supposedly crashed into a tree, given that he was an experienced skier and probably knew the slope well. That said, I also wondered why his ex-wife, Cher, and his current wife at the time never questioned the mysterious death and asked for an autopsy . Maybe they knew (or were warned) to "keep quiet?" Things that happen in Las Vegas Nevada...stay in Nevada, I guess.

[rock_lobsta]

Well, if the clubs were made of wood - it wouldn't be a complete lie...

From a certain part of view.

[muawiyah]

Tony Frank, former owner of First Nationwide Financial Corporation, an S&L or Thrift Association, sold out to Ford Motor Corp (circa 1990) and after a short while took a job as Postmaster General.

Shortly after he retired he smacked into a tree at a ski-resort and ended up in a long term coma in a hospital.

Do not recall if he died, but he was there a very long time.

Man was an expert skier. No doubt some Ford stockholders didn't like him at all.

[Revolting cat!]

Sonny worked for a time (early 1960s) as a session drummer for the legendary record producer Phil Spector. Hey, hey, babe, need we say more?

[sonic109]

Too funny hahahahahahhaha

[Slings and Arrows]

No justice, no peace!

[Revolting cat!]

Another theory has him, as a washed up rock star, arrange his death, so like Elvis, who was almost broke before he died, he too could get rich on his demise. Somehow, the scheme didn't work out so well.

[mdittmar]

Could this be true???

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Bono, an experienced skiier, was ambushed on the slopes by hired hitmen, who beat him to death and then staged a tree collision, Mr Gunderson said.

There are squads of skiing hitmen for hire?

[trumandogz]

No, everyone knows that Sonny was clubbed to death by Anti New World Order Space Aliens.

[doc1019]

While trying to sink a putt … one heck of a shot (way to much club).

[trumandogz]

Perhaps it was the same crew that whacked Nancy Kerrigan in the kneecap.