ABOUT SONNY BARGER
California-born author and prominent member of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club. His publications include Freedom: Credos from the Road, Let's Ride: Sonny Barger's Guide to Motorcycling, and Dead in 5 Heartbeats. Several of his books received film adaptations.
He published his first motorcycle-themed book, Hell's Angel: The Life and Times of Sonny Barger and the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, in 2000.
A founding member of the Oakland, California chapter of Hells Angels, he later moved to Arizona and joined the organization's Phoenix chapter. He passed away after a battle with liver cancer at the age of 83.
He was born and raised in Modesto, California. In the 1980s, he survived a bout of throat cancer.
He was featured in author and journalist Hunter S. Thompson 's 1966 book Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs.
