...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.
...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...
TaHOHO Ping!
I remember when Sonny and Cher were still married and were skiing at Heavenly when I was working there...
Sonny absolutely LOVED skiing! Cher? That pockmarked wench was absolutely brutal to Sonny for making her learn how! She was one ugly lady (small L) back then...