Cher and Bono eventually welcomed son Chaz in 1969, the same year they legally married after having a ceremony in their bathroom five years earlier. They ultimately separated in 1972 and filed for divorce two years later. Bono died in a skiing accident in 1998 at age 62.

I figured I’d plead insanity … Then I’d get a book deal and my own show,” Cher alleges Sonny told her after admitting to thinking about killing her.

Cher didn't officially divorce Bono until 1975, but the two officially separated in 1974, after Cher had commenced a two-year relationship with record producer David Geffen. She married rock star Gregg Allman only four days after finalizing her divorce with Bono.

The diva was duped by Bono, who had set up a company called Cher Enterprises in which he owned 95 percent, with the other 5 percent going to his lawyer.

The Memoir, Part One,' out Nov. 19, Cher writes that her then-husband, Sonny Bono, “manhandled” her during an escalation early in their relationship.

In her newly released book, Cher: The Memoir — Part One, the 78-year-old singer compared meeting Bono in November 1962 to “Maria and Tony in West Side Story ,” writing that “everyone else in the room faded” after they crossed paths.

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.

Though Cher and Sonny Bono’s marriage lasted less than a decade, their musical hits endured. Yet Cher details in her new memoir that the success of her creative partnership with her late husband wasn’t equally shared.

Lucille Ball gave Cher some advice when she was contemplating ending her marriage to Sonny Bono. She assured the star she'd be fine.

Even when that past involves talking about some uncomfortable topics, including the age gap between her and late ex-husband Sonny Bono. Salvatore Bono entered Cher’s life as a protector and champion,