Looking back on late Rangers legend Ron Duguays wild night in Gene Simmons bed with Cher

Ron Duguay, who died of cancer Thursday at the age of 69, was legendary on the New York social scene.In 2019, on the premiere episode of the New York Post’s Rangers podcast, “Up In The Blue Seats,” Duguay told the story of the night he ran into Cher at Studio 54.

Read the original article below:Before there was Page Six Sean, there was Page Six Ron.But there’s one story Rangers great Ron Duguay had never shared before, now revealing for the first time how he ended up in Gene Simmons’ bed with Cher after a night out at Studio 54.“This is gonna be an exclusive thing because I’ve never been a kiss-and-tell type of guy,” Duguay said on the debut episode of “Up In The Blue Seats,” The Post’s New York Rangers podcast.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 — then the Rangers coach who led the “Miracle on Ice” USA squad over the Russians en route to a gold medal at the 1980 Olympics.

(Duguay was traded to Detroit in June 1983.)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’d always wanted to meet Duguay and liked the Rangers.

After Duguay chatted with Minnelli’s husband, Minnelli invited Duguay to her house for a party later in the evening and asked if he’d 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.“If you know Cher, if she wants something, she goes after it,” Duguay says.

“Grabs me by the arm and says, ‘You dance?’ I said, ‘Yeah.’ So we go and start dancing, we’re dancing to all this fun stuff back then — the Bee Gees, Rod Stewart, Billy Joel.To this day, if you Google ‘Ron Duguay and Cher,’ it breaks down to a slow song.

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