Happy 80 To Movie/Pop Star And Philanthropist CHER
21 May 2026
70s promo shot
CHER was born named Cheryl Sarkisian, was
born in El Centro, California on 21 May 1946.
Happy 80 to an everlasting pop star (5 albums as half of 60s duo with her first husband, the late Sonny Bono / 28 solo LPs), fashion icon, and superb actress (she was smashing in the 1987 romantic comedy Moonstruck). She was dubbed the Goddess of Pop.
Her father was an Armenian-American truck driver with drug and gambling problems, was rarely present during her early life. Her mother, Georgia Holt, was a model and actress of Irish, English, German and Cherokee descent.
She’s more than a pop/movie star. Cher‘s philanthropic work is channeled through
the Cher Charitable Foundation, which focuses on combating poverty, advancing medical research, improving health care, and supporting the rights of vulnerable groups such as veterans, children, LGBTQ individuals, elders, and animals.
She’s a donor, fundraiser, and international spokesperson for Keep a Child Alive, which seeks to combat AIDS, including providing antiretroviral medicine to children and their families. Cher herself has 2 children.
MOONSTRUCK
SONNY & CHER (1967)
