SURYA BONALY

A new Where Are They Now? on the French and European Champion, plus an older one.

My own interactions with Surya have always been positive. Despite the language barrier, especially in her early years on the circuit, she was always friendly and gracious. Her mother on the other hand....

My favorite story about Madame Bonaly, which I fictionalized for "Murder on Ice," was the time she refused to let Surya be interviewed by ABC in front of lit candles, because she said it would suggest Surya was into devil worship.