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Cher, 74, born May 20, 1946 has divorce was finalized on June 26, 1975. of all my other things.” painfully self-aware and thirsty ... In her
reportedly sold 100 million records to She later married Gregg Allman and Following Sonny Bono’s death in a own way, Cher is an outlier and thrives on
date, and is one of the world’s best-selling had a son, Elijah Blue. This marriage skiing accident in 1998, Cher delivered a a version of nakedness and honesty that is
music artists. Her achievements include a also ended in divorce in 1978. In 2017, tearful eulogy at his funeral, calling him rarely celebrated in the public eye.
Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, an Gregg Allman, died of liver cancer. “the most unforgettable character” she had Cher’s primary philanthropic endeavors
Academy Award, three Golden Globe A single mother with two children, met. That month, Sonny and Cher received have included support of health research
Awards, a Cannes Film Festival Award, Cher realized that she had to make a a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for and patients’ quality of life, anti-poverty
and awards from the Kennedy Center choice about the direction of her singing Television. Later that year, Cher published initiatives, veterans’ rights, and vulnerable
Honors and the Council of Fashion career. Deciding to temporarily The First Time, a collection of children. The Cher Charitable Foundation
Designers of America. She is the only artist abandon her desire to be a rock singer, autobiographical essays of “first-time” supports international projects such as the
to date to have a number-one single on a she signed with Casablanca Records and events in her life. Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, Operation
Billboard chart in six consecutive decades, launched a comeback with the single Cher has employed various musical Helmet, and the Children’s Craniofacial
from the 1960s to the 2010s. Outside of her “Take Me Home” and the album of the styles, including folk rock, pop rock, Association.
music and acting, she is noted for her same name, both of which capitalized power ballads, disco, new wave music, Cher has engaged in the construction of
political views, social media presence, on the disco craze. Both the album and rock music, punk rock, arena rock, and hip houses with Habitat for Humanity and
philanthropic endeavors, and social the single became instant successes. hop; she said she has done this to “remain served as the Honorary National Chair of a
activism, including LGBT rights and HIV/ Despite her initial lack of enthusiasm relevant and do work that strikes a chord”. Habitat’s elimination of poverty housing
AIDS prevention. for disco music, she changed her mind The 1998 song “Believe” has an initiative “Raise the Roof”, an effort to
Cher and Sonny Bono became friends, after the success, commenting, “I never electronic vocal effect proposed by Cher, engage artists in the organization’s work
and eventually fell in love. Sonny had thought I would want to do disco ... and was the first commercial recording to while on tour.
wanted to launch Cher as a solo artist, [but] it’s terrific!” feature Auto-Tune—an audio processor Cher’s older child, Chaz Bono (born
although, she encouraged him to perform After the success of the movie, originally intended to disguise or correct Chastity Bono), first came out as a lesbian
with her because she suffered from stage Moonstruck, she was so worried about off-key inaccuracies in vocal music at age 17, which reportedly caused Cher to
fright. Sonny began joining her onstage her next career move that she was recordings—as a deliberate creative effect. feel “guilt, fear and pain”. However, she
singing the harmonies. Cher disguised her overly cautious. In the early 1990s, she For Moonstruck, Cher was ranked 1st on soon came to accept Chaz’s sexual
nervousness by looking at Sonny; she later contracted the Epstein–Barr virus and Billboard’s list of “The 100 Best Acting orientation, and came to the conclusion
commented that she sang to the people developed chronic fatigue syndrome, Performances by Musicians in Movies”, that LGBT people “didn’t have the same
through him. which left her too exhausted to sustain and her performance was described as “the rights as everyone else, [and she] thought
“I Got You Babe” reached number one her music and film careers. Because she standard by which you mentally check all that was unfair”. She has since become one
on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and became, needed to earn money and was not others”. Moonstruck was acknowledged by of the LGBT community’s most vocal
according to AllMusic’s Bruce Eder, “one of healthy enough to work on other the American Film Institute as the eighth advocates. On June 11, 2009, Chaz came out
the biggest-selling and most beloved pop/rock projects, she starred in infomercials best romantic comedy film. as a transgender man, and his transition
hits of the mid-’60s”. In 2003, Rolling Stone launching health, beauty, and diet Through her 1970s television shows, from female to male was legally finalized
listed it among “The 500 Greatest Songs of products, which earned her close to Cher became a sex symbol with her on May 6, 2010.
All Time”. $10 million in fees. She told Ladies’ inventive and revealing Mackie-designed In 2018, Cher returned to film for the
Cher and Sonny had marital problems Home Journal, “Suddenly I became the outfits, and fought the network censors to romantic musical comedy film Mamma
and battled in court over finances and the Infomercial Queen and it didn’t occur to me bare her navel. In 1972, after she was Mia! Here We Go Again
custody of their daughter, Chastity, which that people would focus on that and strip me featured on the annual “Best Dressed In September 2018, Cher embarked on
was eventually granted to Cher. Their Women” lists, Mackie stated: “There hasn’t the Here We Go Again Tour, which is set to
Elder Abuse been a girl like Cher since Dietrich and finish on December 5, 2020.
HOTLINE Garbo. She’s a high-fashion star who During 2018, Cher used Twitter to
1-800-677-1116 appeals to people of all ages.” announce she was working on four new
Vol. 60, No. 7 Cher has attracted media attention for projects for the next two years: a Christmas
Amanda Blake Secola, Editor her physical appearance—particularly her album; a second album of ABBA covers; an
Editorial ELDER CARE LOCATOR youthful looks and her tattoos. Journalists autobiography; and a biographical film
phone 562-691-2509 www.eldercare.acl.gov have often called her the “poster girl” of about her life. In October 2019, Cher
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1-562-691-2509 office Inside This Issue In 1992, Madame Tussauds wax museum Uninhibited. On February 4, 2020, Cher
(email) nbynews@juno.com honored Cher as one of the five “most was announced as the new face of fashion
Page 3 - Senior in Action beautiful women of history” by creating a brand Dsquared2. May 2020, Cher released
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Published monthly by Page 7 - Trending Daffodils life-size statue. She was ranked 26th on her first Spanish-language single, a cover
Senior Industry Professionals Page 11 - Blind Justice VH1’s list of the “100 Sexiest Artists” of ABBA’s “Chiquitita”. Proceeds from the
P.O. Box 722, Brea, CA 92822 Page 8 & 14 - Senior Advocate published in 2002. single were donated to UNICEF following
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Page 12 & 15 - Safe Travels Cher’s presence on social media has the COVID-19 pandemic.
Page 12 - Books without Borders drawn analysis from journalists. Time Cher has repeatedly reinvented herself
Tribute: In loving memory of Page 13 - Travel Inspired named her “Twitter’s most outspoken (and through various personas and believes that
Blake Robert Daniel Harrison Page 17 - Things To Do & Learn beloved) commentator”. The New York getting old does not have to mean
1980 - 2001 Page 18 - Vaccine Update Times writer Jenna Wortham commended becoming obsolete.
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