{"id":379944,"date":"2026-10-22T18:46:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T18:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/379944\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T18:46:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T18:46:11","slug":"looking-back-on-late-rangers-legend-ron-duguays-wild-night-in-gene-simmons-bed-with-cher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/379944\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking back on late Rangers legend Ron Duguay’s wild night in Gene Simmons’ bed with Cher"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ron Duguay, who died of cancer Thursday at the age of 69<\/a>, was legendary on the New York social scene. In 2019, on the premiere episode of the New York Post\u2019s Rangers podcast, \u201cUp In The Blue Seats,\u201d Duguay told the story of the night he ran into Cher at Studio 54. Read the original article below<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Before there was Page Six Sean, there was Page Six Ron.<\/p>\n

But there\u2019s one story Rangers great Ron Duguay had never shared before, now revealing for the first time how he ended up in Gene Simmons\u2019 bed with Cher<\/a> after a night out at Studio 54.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is gonna be an exclusive thing because I\u2019ve never been a kiss-and-tell type of guy,\u201d Duguay said on the debut episode of \u201cUp In The Blue Seats,\u201d<\/a> The Post\u2019s New York Rangers podcast.<\/p>\n

New York Rangers star Ron Duguay and Cher at Studio 54 on Jan. 20, 1982. Vernon Shibla\/NY Post<\/p>\n

The Rangers had just defeated the Islanders at the Garden on Jan. 20, 1982, when Duguay went to celebrate at Studio 54, where he often went at the time despite drawing the ire of Herb Brooks \u2014 then the Rangers coach who led the \u201cMiracle on Ice\u201d USA squad over the Russians en route to a gold medal at the 1980 Olympics. (Duguay was traded to Detroit in June 1983.)<\/p>\n

Duguay, who was 24 at the time, says he was minding his own business at Studio 54 when a woman pointed at him and called him over. It was Liza Minnelli, who said she\u2019d always wanted to meet Duguay and liked the Rangers. After Duguay chatted with Minnelli\u2019s husband, Minnelli invited Duguay to her house for a party later in the evening and asked if he\u2019d like to meet someone. When he said yes, Minnelli called over none other than Cher, 35 at the time, who had been on the dance floor.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you know Cher, if she wants something, she goes after it,\u201d Duguay says. \u201cGrabs me by the arm and says, \u2018You dance?\u2019 I said, \u2018Yeah.\u2019 So we go and start dancing, we\u2019re dancing to all this fun stuff back then \u2014 the Bee Gees, Rod Stewart, Billy Joel. To this day, if you Google \u2018Ron Duguay and Cher,\u2019 it breaks down to a slow song. Her head\u2019s on my [shoulder]. She\u2019s looking very comfortable. And you look at my face, and the expression on my face is like, \u2018Oh my God, I\u2019m dancing with Cher.\u2019 I look like I don\u2019t feel comfortable because I\u2019m not comfortable, because I grew up as a Canadian watching \u2018Sonny & Cher.’\u201d<\/p>\n

The moment Duguay references was captured perfectly by The Post\u2019s Vernon Shibla at Studio 54, Cher resting her head on Duguay\u2019s right shoulder with her eyes closed.<\/p>\n

The two then went back to Minnelli\u2019s table, where she said she and her husband were going back to their house. \u201cC\u2019mon, we\u2019re going,\u201d Cher told Duguay.<\/p>\n

They were sitting in the lobby of Minnelli\u2019s apartment building, waiting roughly 30 minutes for her arrival before Cher began to get angry. She had enough, so she and Duguay got in a taxi.<\/p>\n

Ron Duguay playing for the Rangers at Madison Square Garden in 1979. Focus on Sport\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Duguay with his girlfriend, model Robin Bobo, in 1983. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n

Actress Patti Lupone giving Duguay a sip of her drink on June 30, 1980. New York Post Archives<\/p>\n

Duguay with Yankees pitcher Rick Cerrone and Miss USA. Kim Seelbreede at the \u201cDinner Of Champions Benefiting Multiple Sclerosis\u201d benefit at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel on Dec. 17, 1981. Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cWhere are we going?\u201d Duguay asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust come with me, son,\u201d Cher answered.<\/p>\n

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The cab went five or six blocks to what Duguay described as a \u201cbeautiful\u201d townhouse. Before Cher turned the key to open the door to the house, she turned around to tell Duguay, \u201cBy the way, I don\u2019t beep, beep, beep on the first date.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFill in the blank,\u201d Duguay says on the podcast. \u201cAnd I said, \u2018I\u2019m happy to just be here.’\u201d<\/p>\n

Duguay posing in the streets of New York City in 1980. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Duguay with model Kim Alexis at the opening of Planet Hollywood in New York City on Oct. 22, 1991. Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Duguay and a trio of models posing on a Chevy Camaro in Manhattan on April 12, 2014. ZUMAPRESS.com<\/p>\n

Duguay looked around at the gold records on the wall of the house, but he noticed they weren\u2019t Cher records, but rather those of KISS. Cher then told Duguay they were at Simmons\u2019 house.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I\u2019m in Gene Simmons\u2019 townhouse, not sure why I\u2019m there. Next thing I know, she told me, \u2018We\u2019re not doing anything tonight,’\u201d Duguay recalls. \u201cNext thing you know, we\u2019re sitting on his bed. And that\u2019s where the story stops.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ron Duguay, who died of cancer Thursday at the age of 69, was legendary on the New York…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":379945,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[215,10566,9,11,10,541,539,60593,319,30563],"class_list":["post-379944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-cher","tag-gene-simmons","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-rangers","tag-nhl","tag-ron-duguay","tag-sports","tag-studio-54"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/379945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}