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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu Jun 30, 2022, 01:31 PM Jun 2022

Sonny Barger, leader of Hells Angels, dies at 83

Sonny Barger, founder of Hells Angels, has died at 83.

The iconic biker’s death, reportedly caused by a "brief battle” with cancer, was announced in a statement on his official Facebook page Thursday morning.

“If you are reading this message, you’ll know that I’m gone. I’ve asked that this note be posted immediately after my passing.”

Ralph “Sonny” Barger was born in Modesto, Calif., on Oct. 8, 1938, according to an interview on his official website.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/sonny-barger-leader-of-hells-angels-dies-at-83-see-his-life-through-the-years/ar-AAZ2zxI

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Sonny Barger, leader of Hells Angels, dies at 83 (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2022 OP
I'm surprised he was still around. Voltaire2 Jun 2022 #1
I didn't know Hell's Angels ever lived that long.... Hekate Jun 2022 #2
Founding member of the Oakland, California chapter Brother Buzz Jun 2022 #3

Hekate

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2. I didn't know Hell's Angels ever lived that long....
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 01:50 PM
Jun 2022

I guess “Live fast, die young, and leave a beautiful corpse” wasn’t in the cards then?

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