The Most Tragic Celebrity Deaths of All Time

Sonny Bono

Sonny & Cher were once a one-of-a-kind married musical duo, most recognized for their 1965 hit single I Got You Babe. Years after the two divorced, Bono was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives to represent California's 44th congressional district. The United States Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998 was named in honor of Bono after his death.

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The More You Know

  • The Nobel Committee declined to award the Nobel Peace Prize in 1948 because "there was no suitable living candidate." This was meant as tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, who was assassinated earlier that year without receiving the Prize.
  • George Lazenby wasn't an actual actor. He got himself a suit, a Rolex and a new haircut, then met with the producer and made up movies he had been in. He later landed the role of James Bond.
  • When the Super Bowl champion Giants visited the White House in 1987, they dumped popcorn on President Reagan.
  • The first American woman to go to medical school was admitted as a joke. Geneva Medical School thought it was joke when Elizabeth Blackwell applied to attend 1847. She graduated in 1849, started her own practice, and opened an infirmary for the poor.
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