Who Is Zorana Barger? Meet Sonny Barger's Wife And Children

May 2024 · 3 minute read

Sonny Barger was an outlaw biker, author, and actor who passed away on June 29, 2022.

Sonny was known for being the founding member of the Oakland, California chapter of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club. He was also known for his acting role in some movies and tv series.

He was known for being in the 1967 crime drama movie called Hells Angels on Wheels as the President. Similarly, he is also known for his role as Lenny 'The Pimp' Janowitz in the tv series, Sons of Anarchy.

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Who Is Sonny Barger's Wife, Zorana Barger?

Sonny Barger was married to his wife, Zorana Barger on June 25, 2005. It is not his first marriage as he had been married before Zorana. Sonny's first wife was Elsie Mae, but she passed away on February 1, 1967, from an embolism.

After his first wife's death, he began to be in a relationship with Sharon Gruhlke in 1969. Sharon was a former beauty queen from Livermore, and they both got married in 1973 when Sonny was in the Folsom Prison.

He was diagnosed with throat cancer and underwent different treatments to cure it. Barger returned to Arizona in 1998, where he had served a prison sentence in the same place.

Zorana was his fourth wife, and he married her in 2005. Sonny was diagnosed with prostate cancer, and he underwent surgery in 2012 and got it removed.  

Sonny loved his wife Zorana, and he had shared some pictures of him with Zorana on the occasion of their Wedding anniversary on his Facebook account.

Who were Sonny Barger's Children?

Sonny Barger doesn't have any biological children, and this information was shared by his sister, Shirley Rogers. This news came to the public when one of the people named William James Barger was claimed to be the child of Sonny Barger.

William was found to be involved in various crimes and was found to be lying about being his son of Sonny. Shirley also shared that this incident is not new to her as many people have come up with a false claim of being the son of her brother.

She also shared that she is the one who looks into these matters and is denying these lies straight forward.

The Vernon County sheriff, Ron Peckman, also said that Willaim has been lying about the matter to legitimize his local recruiting efforts and to intimidate others.

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Sonny Barger Family Info

Sonny Barger had a family comprising of his wife Zorana only. He was born on October 8, 1938, in Modesto, California, the United States. Sonny was initially known as Ralph Hubert "Sonny" Barger.

His mother's name is Kathryn Carmella Barger, while his father's name is Ralph Hubert Barger. When he was just four years old, his mother left him which led him to a tough childhood.

Hells Angels founding member Sonny Barger dies aged 83 from cancer https://t.co/O8IO3gRRXt

— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) June 30, 2022

He grew up along with his alcoholic father and elder sister, Shirley. Due to his hard family background, he started working from a young age. He passed away at the age of 83 from his battle with cancer.

The biker had published his death news on his Facebook account which had made people mourn the loss of a great person from the world.

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