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You were a brilliant light for me in a sometimes dark childhood

Cher writes to her idol

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Shaun Usher
May 20, 2022
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Living legend and “Goddess of Pop” Cher turns 76 today, which gives me the perfect excuse, were one needed, to send you an impossibly charming letter she once wrote to her favourite movie star, Audrey Hepburn. The year was 1991—three years they first met, fleetingly, at the Oscars—and Cher was due to appear at a televised tribute to her idol. However, a…

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