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Ralph Hubert "Sonny" Barger Jr. (October 8, 1938 – June 29, 2022) was an American outlaw biker who was a founding member of the Oakland, California chapter of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club in 1957. [3]
Ralph “Sonny” Barger, the larger-than-life godfather of the Hells Angels who helped to transform a California-born motorcycle club into an icon of countercultural rebellion, forging a ...
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Sonny Barger, founding member of the Oakland chapter of the Hells Angels motorcycle club, at a book signing in London circa 2002. Andy Drysdale/Shutterstock Sonny Barger, who founded the Oakland ...
Barger was a printer, lithographer, and publisher. He served as Mayor of Wheaton, Illinois from 1971 to 1982 and was involved with the Republican Party . In the 1982 Republican primary, Gerald R. Weeks, a past chairman of the DuPage County Board, defeated Barger to win the Republican nomination in the 39th district. [ 2 ]
In October 1988, Ralph "Sonny" Barger, the Hells Angels' Oakland (California) chapter president and reputed national leader, and Michael Vincent "Irish" O'Farrell, the former Oakland president, were convicted of plotting to carry out bomb attacks in Louisville and elsewhere against members of the Outlaws. Three other club members were also ...
Barger mentions these guards, as identified by their wearing of "little white buttons" on "civilian clothes". Political scientist and cultural critic James Miller believes that since Ken Kesey had invited the Hells Angels to one of his outdoor Acid Tests , the hippies had viewed the bikers unrealistically, idealizing them as " noble savages ...
Christine Barger, an American actress; Cy Barger, baseball player; Frank Barger, an American high school football coach; George Barger (1878-1939), a British chemist; Jorn Barger, an American blogger; Kathryn Barger, an American politician; Mary Elizabeth Ryan "Toots" Barger (1913—1998), American duckpin bowler; Ralph H. Barger (1923-2002 ...