elected in her own right seven subsequent times before being defeated in the election of 2012. Honors and tributes 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, D.C., 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 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. See also List of actor–politicians List of famous skiing deaths List of United States Congress members who died in office (1950–99) References Further reading Sonny Bono: And the Beat Goes On. New York: Pocket Books 1991. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 12th edition. Menomonee Falls, WI: Record Research, 2009. . Bono vs. Bono: A Battle Royal '', Bobby Soxers, 2013. . External links FBI Records: The Vault – Salvatore Phillip "Sonny" Bono at vault.fbi.gov S.505: Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act 1935 births 1998 deaths American actor-politicians American male film actors American male singer-songwriters American people of Italian descent Record producers from California American Scientologists American male television actors Burials at Desert Memorial Park Mayors of Palm Springs, California Male actors from Detroit Skiing deaths Specialty Records artists Sports deaths in California Sonny & Cher 20th-century American male actors Musicians from Inglewood, California Male actors from Palm Springs, California Atco Records artists Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from California 20th-century American singers 20th-century American politicians The Wrecking Crew (music) members Catholics from California 20th-century American male singers Singer-songwriters from California