Tina Turner has died at her home near Zurich, Switzerland, after a long illness.
The news came from Turner’s reps who shared, “With her, the world loses a music legend and role model.” The rock legend was 83 years old. Turner’s life was marked by rebuilding her life after domestic abuse and being an icon for women in the music industry and more.
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As an entertainer beyond compare, Tina won nine Grammy Awards and sold over 200 million albums. He rose to fame in the 1960s as the centerpiece of Ike & Tina Turner magazine. Turner was twice inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Her relationship with Ike Turner and its trials, tribulations and success was made into a 1993 movie, “What’s Love Got To Do With It,” starring Angela Bassett. That film was based on her poignant and chilling 1986 memoir, “I Tina.”
There was no comeback story for pop’s biggest, when at 44 she released the iconic album, Private Dancer, which featured hit after hit and gave Tina the push to have an even bigger second half of her 60 years of career.
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Before the concert and retirement at age 69, he was still tearing it up with his dance moves like nobody’s business.
Some of his biggest hits include: “The Best”, “What’s Love Got to Do With It”, “Better Be Good to Me” and of course “Proud Mary” and “River Deep Mountain High”.
Turner had an iconic film and television career, including as the Acid Queen in Tommy (1975) and as Aunty Entity in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985). On television, she was always a guest and appeared on variety shows, MTV and commercials and more.
We’ll have more on Tina Turner’s death as memories pour in on social media throughout the day.
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