Cher is ...stated to have Cherokee ancestry on her mother’s side, but no Cherokee ancestors are documented on any publicly available genealogies of Cher.". And Cher's profile says, Cher is "of Armenian heritage on their father's side, and of English and German, with more distant Irish, Dutch, and French heritage from their mother's side.".
Sonny had some common sense. Cher was always whacked.
Just learned Sonny met Cher November 1962 ( born 5/20/46). She was 16 and he was 27.
I’ve read in the past that Sonny got whacked for his (conservative) political savvy. He was on track to be too influential and successful, and had to go - “skiing accident.”