Sonny Barger: passes away at the age of 83

On june 29,2022 Sonny Barger had passed away at the age of 83 due to cancer

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He was the leader of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club

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He was born on 8 October 1938

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Sonny Barger features prominently in Hunter S. Thompson's book, Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs (1966). Barger and the Hells Angels are also depicted in Tom Wolfe's The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (1968)

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Barger became a best-selling author with his autobiography, Hell's Angel: The Life and Times of Sonny Barger and the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club in the year 2000

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In 1983, Barger was diagnosed with throat cancer after years of heavy smoking.Barger underwent surgery as a result of prostate cancer in 2012.

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On June 29, 2022, Barger died after a battle with liver cancer aged 83.

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