Killer Virus Feeds on Cher's Grief!

Shattered by baby dad Gregg Allman's death.

EX-HUBBY Gregg Allman’s death has plunged Cher into energy-sapping grief, leaving alarmed pals terrified her “stressed out” condition will reignite the lifethreatening Epstein-Barr virus that nearly killed her!

“There is nothing more stressful than the death of a loved one,” says a source. “And Cher has been overcome with grief. She is shattered!”

Following his liver cancer death at age 69 on May 27, the crushed Turn Back Time singer, 71, immediately tweeted a message using the pair’s nicknames for each other:

“I’VE TRIED … WORDS ARE IMPOSSIBLE GUI GUI FOREVER, CHOOCH.”