Cher Trivias

Donated $550 to help a 16-year-old Northport boy suffering from muscular dystrophy get vital home health care at his trailer - at least for a few months. (August 6, 2005)

Ends her career when her four-year-long Never Can Say Goodbye tour wrapped up at the Hollywood Bowl on April 29 and 30, 2005.

Earned close to $200 million in ticket sales during the duration of Never Can Say Goodbye tour. (May 3, 2005)

Her new version of the title song for ALFIE remake has reportedly been dropped, after test audiences laughed at the track. (August 27, 2004)

Is on no. 5 of the top concert list in 2003, earning $68.2 million.

Was one of the most powerful celebrity according to 2003 Forbes Top 100 Celebrity List (#28)

After more than 140 shows, Cher's Living Proof Farewell Tour has grossed $130 million and enters its second summer as one of the season's strongest draws. (June 20, 2003)

Has her mother to thank for giving her sound career advice -- The singer-actress says her mother gave her three pieces of advice: if you're going to steal something, steal something big; if it doesn't matter in five years, it doesn't matter at all; and she may not be the prettiest or smartest or most talented, but when you put everything together, it's a pretty good package. (April 3, 2003)

Her stolen wig has been returned to a police station in Virginia -- The wig was handed in by a woman after a police employee overheard a man talking about having the wig and informed officials; the man admitted to giving the wig to a woman outside the concert on February 25 at the Richmond Coliseum. (March 11, 2003)

Won the prize for best celebrity lookalike at the Kansas State Fair. (September 9, 2002)

Beat out Celine Dion's My Heart Will Go On for the best selling single of 1998 with Believe

Was a poor, fatherless kid whose eight-times-married actress-mother struggled by on occasional singing gigs and bit parts.

Cher and Sonny's 1974 split brought the hit show to a premature end, devastating CBS executives and fans.

Ever fearless, Bono launched Cher in films, spending his own cash when studio financing dried up. But their movies, GOOD TIMES and CHASTITY, weren't hits and the duo lost the wealth they earned as pop stars

Her music video If I Could Turn Back Time was the first video to be banned by MTV.