Cher was 18 when she married 29-year-old Salvatore “Sonny” Bono on Oct. 27, 1964, and they divorced just six years later—but the entity that was Sonny & Cher endured.

Chaz Bono, right, is Cher’s son with Sonny Bono. Photo: @queen_cher_fans/Instagram As for Chaz, he has reportedly banned Cher from his upcoming wedding to Shara Blue Mathes.

Cher claimed that her ex-husband Bono once thought about killing her. Cher was just 16 when she met the singer, who was 27, and they shot to stardom with their hit song, I Got You Babe before ...

In this Sept. 19, 2011 image released by ABC, Chaz Bono, right, and his partner Lacey Schwimmer perform on the celebrity dance competition series “Dancing with the Stars, ” in Los Angeles.

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Chaz Bono, 56; Patricia Heaton, 67; Mykelti Williamson, 68; Catherine O’Hara, 71.Happy Birthday: Put your best foot forward and strive to meet your goals. Network ...

Cher and Sonny Bono, who got married in the 1960s, welcomed their first child together on March 4, 1969. The couple divorced in 1975, and Bono died in a skiing accident in 1998.

Mary Bono (C) and her son Chesare (2ndR) accompanied by Cher (2ndR, rear) walk behind the casket of her husband Sonny Bono 09 January following a Catholic service in Palm Springs, CA.

In 1972, Sonny Bono told Cher he “seriously thought” about how he’d kill his then-wife, and how he’d parlay his infamy into a new career.

Bono, whose real name was Salvatore Bono, and Cher married in 1967 and skyrocketed to success as a musical duo. The two welcomed their only child, Chaz Bono, in 1969. Sonny Bono and Cher ...