Susie Coelho Celebrated On Palm Springs Walk Of The Stars

PALM SPRINGS, CA — Author and television personality Susie Coelho will be presented with the 475th star on the Palm Springs Walk of the Stars Friday.

Coelho will be honored during a 3:30 p.m. ceremony at 145 S. Palm Canyon Drive, according to a statement from the city's Chamber of Commerce.

A prominent figure in Palm Springs for five decades, Coelho and her ex-husband, Sonny Bono, moved to the area in 1975. Coelho has since maintained a longtime Marrakesh Country Club residence.

Having started as a model in New York, Coelho's switch to the opposite coast coincided with a new career as well, with a television resume that includes early HGTV makeover shows Surprise Gardener and Outer Spaces. She has also been a regular contributor to The Friday Show, The View, Oprah and Fox Business.

She opened the celebrity resale boutique A Star is Worn before launching Susie Coelho Enterprises, a "multimedia lifestyle brand" with partnerships including Target and QBC.

Her latest venture is the creative-focused tech startup tech startup styleseekr.com, targeted at career advancement.

Coelho's writing work includes four best-sellers with Simon & Schuster and a monthly lifestyle feature in Palm Springs Life Magazine. She is currently in the midst of a fifth book, a memoir about a trip to India where she contended with Indira Gandhi's journalism ban to secure an interview with "bandit queen" Phoolan Devi and her all-male prison gang.

Devi, who would eventually become the first lower-caste woman elected to India's Parliament, is also the subject of a documentary that Coelho is producing.

In addition to her business career, Coelho sits on the board of the New York Film Academy 10-ARTS Foundation and has contributed to Eisenhower Medical Center, as well as other charitable groups. She is also a board member of Southern California-based nonprofit WriteGirl, a creative writing mentorship program for teenage girls.

"I am deeply honored to be recognized by a community that has meant so much to me for so long," said Coelho in a statement. "To receive a star on the Palm Springs Walk of the Stars is truly the capstone on my love affair with this city and my ongoing commitment to nurturing its continued success and beauty for generations to come."

Editor's note: Susie Coelho was Sonny Bono's ex-wife, not his widow, as was originally shared in this report.