page_title: Sonny Bono
section_title: Honors and tributes
hierarchical_section_title: Sonny Bono / Honors and tributes
caption_attribution_description: Former Mayor of Palm Springs, and US Congressman from California, Sonny Bono
context_page_description: Salvatore Phillip "Sonny" Bono was an American singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and politician who came to fame in partnership with his second wife Cher as the popular singing duo Sonny & Cher. He was mayor of Palm Springs, California from 1988 to 1992, and the Republican congressman for California's 44th district, elected during the Republican Revolution and served from 1995 until his death in 1998.
  The United States Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998, which extended the term of copyright by 20 years, was named in honor of Bono when it was passed by Congress nine months after his death. Mary Bono had been one of the original sponsors of the legislation, commonly known as the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act.
context_section_description: Sonny Bono has been honored and memorialized with:
  A Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars - dedicated to him in 1996,
  Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act - Extended copyright protections effective October 27, 1998,
  Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge - a Nature reserve on the Salton Sea was renamed in Bono's honor in 1998,
  Sonny Bono Memorial Park, a small park in Washington, DC was named in his honor in 1998,
  Sonny Bono Memorial Interchange - an interchange on California State Route 60 at Nason Street in Moreno Valley, California was named for Bono in September, 2000,
  Sony Bono Memorial Freeway - a 40-mile stretch of Interstate Highway 10 near Palm Springs was dedicated January 10, 2002,
  Sonny Bono Concourse - a concourse at Palm Springs International Airport dedicated October 22, 2002,
  Sonny Bono Memorial Fountain and Statue - Located in downtown Palm Springs, California, the statue was dedicated in November, 2002,
caption: Sonny Bono memorial statue in downtown Palm Springs
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