Among Cher's career accomplishments in music, television and film, she has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, three Golden Globe Awards and was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Cher rose to prominence in 1965 as one half of the pop/rock duo Sonny & Cher.

She subsequently established herself as a solo recording artist, a television star in the 1970s and a film actress in the 1980s.

Half sister of Cher is Georganne LaPiere - actress. Cher's parents divorced when she was young and she was raised primarily by her mother, who had married Gilbert LaPiere, a banker who adopted Cher.

Due to financial problems, Cher's mother placed her in foster care for a time as a child.

The Cher Show debuted as an elaborate, all-star television special on February 16, 1975 featuring Flip Wilson, Bette Midler and special guest Elton John.

Cloris Leachman and Jack Albertson both won Emmy Awards for their appearances as guest stars a few weeks later, and the series received four additional Emmy nominations that year.

Together, they released the album, Two the Hard Way, under the rubric Allman and Woman, which featured a cover of the Smokey Robinson hit "You've Really Got a Hold on Me".

This project was not considered a critical or commercial success.

Cher made a brief return to prime time starring in the television specials.

The Cher Tour continued throughout 2000 and became her most successful tour to that time.

In June, Cher announced plans for Living Proof: The Farewell Tour, which she claimed would be the final live concert tour of her career, though she vowed to continue recording and releasing music.

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