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I am a Cher superfan - when I met her on the street she feared I was an assassin, but then gave me the best afternoon of my life


Rocco Piacente saw his idol on a NYC street in 1982 and excitedly tapped her on the shoulder. After her initial shock faded, Cher gave the superfan a day he's never forgotten.

Goddess of Pop Cher feared a superfan was an assassin after he tapped her shoulder on a Manhattan street -- then invited him to spend the afternoon with her. Cher is pictured alongside Meryl Streep and Kurt Russell in Silkwood, which she was filming around the time she met Rocco and which won her a best supporting actress Oscar nomination The movie she mentioned to Rocco and Bobby - Silkwood - also starred Meryl Streep and became a critically-acclaimed hit, bagging Cher a best supporting actress Oscar nomination.

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