The Memoir, Part 1,' the entertainment legend looks back on her breaking point with husband Sonny Bono, revealing that after considering leaping from a hotel balcony in Las Vegas, she decided, "I can just leave him.

Though Cher and Sonny Bono’s marriage lasted less than a decade, their musical hits endured. Yet Cher details in her new memoir that the success of her creative partnership with her late husband wasn’t equally shared.

In her new memoir, Cher recalls a dark moment in her "loveless marriage" to  Sonny Bono when she considered jumping off the balcony of her Las Vegas hotel room (via People). The incident occurred in 1972,

That’s how many pages the first part of Cher’s memoir spans, with a second part due out next year, though Cher told USA Today she hasn’t “even thought abo

At the time, Cher – born Cherilyn Sarkisian – was in the process of divorcing Bono and nearing the end of their star-making variety show, The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour, which was cancelled due to their split in 1974.

Among the most poignant revelations in the memoir is the candid recounting of her tumultuous relationship with Sonny Bono — her former husband, creative partner, and the other half of the iconic duo,

Cher has admitted that she considered suicide during her marriage Sonny Bono. The 78-year-old music icon released the first part of her honest self-titled memoir on Tuesday, revealing details of what she called her "loveless marriage" to her musical partner.