Tina’s agent said she died ‘peacefully’
Tina Turner has died aged 83, her spokesperson has said.
The Tennessee native, who once held the world record for largest attendance for a solo gig [180,000, in 1988] and 12-time Grammy winner passed away in in Switzerland earlier today. In a statement, the singer’s representative said:
“Tina Turner, the ‘Queen of Rock’n Roll’ has died peacefully today at the age of 83 after a long illness in her home in Küsnacht near Zurich, Switzerland. With her, the world loses a music legend and a role model.”
Tina, born Anna Mae Bullock on November 26 in 1939 in Nutbush, Tennessee, found fame in the late 1960s as the singer of the band Ike & Turner Revue, alongside her ex-husband Ike Turner, but later went on to become a solo artist.
The domestic abuse Ike subjected Tina to was documented in a 1993 Hollywood biopic starring Angela Bassett, which won three Oscars.
Her life story was also immortalised in a popular West End show that is still running and she has and has a star on both the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the St Louis Walk of Fame. Turner sold more than 180 million albums and won 8 Grammy Awards.
Her biggest hits include ‘What’s Love Got To Do With It’, ‘Private Dancer’ and ‘The Best’.
there are no words to describe how much of a light tina turner the queen of rock was, and how incredibly talented she was, and how she paved the way for so many artists, may she heavenly rest in peace❤️pic.twitter.com/y6dd1Y1Pyq
— t. (@lighttmylove) May 24, 2023
Tina Turner had been battling cancer and other ailments
Tina Turner married her long-time German beau, the music executive Erwin Bach, in a civil ceremony in 2013 and lived in Switzerland with him since 1994.
Turner had suffered ill health in recent years, being diagnosed with intestinal cancer in 2016 and having a kidney transplant in 2017.
As well an her illustrious music career, Turner starred in a number of movies. She appeared in Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Tommy and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.
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