The death of Sonia McMahon , widow of the late PM , "Billy Bigears” McMahon , enabled TV newscasts to run file vision of the time she wore the dazzling dress with the split up the sides to the White House and was escorted up the stairs by US President Tricky Dicky Nixon . At the time , a columnist described the Australian PM and his lady as THE NAKED AND THE DEAD.
An odd cupid in the shape of media mogul Sir Frank Packer played a big part in uniting Sonia and Billy . Packer backed bachelor McMahon and told him he had no chance of becoming PM until he had a better half , so he should get married pronto . Hey presto ! Sonia and Billy were united in holy matrimony. Billy is said to have changed his clothes in a Qantas toilet while coming into land in America at the start of that visit during which Sonia flashed her gams .
An odd cupid in the shape of media mogul Sir Frank Packer played a big part in uniting Sonia and Billy . Packer backed bachelor McMahon and told him he had no chance of becoming PM until he had a better half , so he should get married pronto . Hey presto ! Sonia and Billy were united in holy matrimony. Billy is said to have changed his clothes in a Qantas toilet while coming into land in America at the start of that visit during which Sonia flashed her gams .