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Cher surprises longtime fan with Alzheimer's with a FaceTime call

Natacha Maloon

Cher treated her biggest fan to the sweetest surprise!

The 'Believe' singer, 74, shocked a woman who was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's with a lengthy facetime call. Watch above.

Erica Steiner shared the 10-minute phone conversation with her mother, Robin Steiner, on her social channels. During the call, Robin wore a t-shirt with a giant picture of Cher.

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Cher surprises fan with facetime call.

Cher surprises fan suffering with Alzheimer's to a facetime call. YouTube

On Twitter, Erica called her mother "Cher's biggest fan" and said the FaceTime conversation was the "Best.Moment.Ever."

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In the video, Cher revealed secrets behind her 1965 hit song 'I Got You Babe' that she performed with ex-husband Sonny Bono.

"Do you know what I told Sonny the first time I heard it? I said, 'This is crap,'" Cher told Robin of her famous track. "When he was singing it, it didn't sound the same as when we sang it together."

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Cher attends the 2020 Billboard Music Awards. Getty

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Erica said her mother had been a major fan of Cher, and her music had served as therapy in her house. "You're medicine in this house," Erica said.

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"Cher is basically another caregiver in our house — her presence consistently calms my mom when she's frustrated or sad."

Later in the video, Robin becomes overwhelmed with emotion, saying, "I love you... I can't do this. It's too much."

Watch the full video here.

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