Cher was 18 years old when she married the 29-year-old Salvatur “Sonny ”Bono on October 27, 1964 and they divorced only six years later – but the unit that was Sonny & Cher endure.
At one point, more than 30 million people sued each week to watch “I got you babe” singer Yuk that Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour—The joke directed at Sonny 5-foot-5 always killed-and the couple sold more than 40 million records. Therefore, they performed together even after their divorce in 1975.
Although she could turn back time, it is unclear if she would have married Sonny again and describes him in her memoir as growing increasingly controlling, unfaithful And sometimes abuse when he struggled with analgesic abuse.
“I don’t know if it was love hate, but it was rough,” Cher said USA today In November 2024. “It was really, really rough.”
“I didn’t understand him,” Cher continued, “and I was injured and angry, but it was more damaged because I couldn’t understand, why would you do this? And in the end, last year, I just thought, I don’t think I can do it much anymore because it kills me.”
Sonny, who was divorced from Donna Rankin When he married Cher, Cher married two more times. He served as mayor of Palm Springs, California, from 1988 to 1992 and was then elected to the Congress in 1995, which represented California’s 44th district. He was 62 years old when he died in a ski accident in 1998 and his fourth wife Mary Bono Won his American house site in a special choice.
