Tina Turner, a pioneer of rock ‘n’ roll who became well-known as a pop icon in the 1980s, died at the age of 83 after a protracted illness.
Her health had recently deteriorated; in 2016 she was diagnosed with intestinal cancer, and in 2017 she underwent kidney transplantation.
After years in the spotlight, Tina says her final goodbyes to her fans with “Simply The Best” among her 100 successes. On November 26, 1939, in NutBush, her parents, Floyd and Zelma Bullock, gave birth to her. They farmed as tenants.
The best way I can describe it is that we were prosperous farmers, Tina recalled in a Rolling Stone interview. We seemed to lead a happy life, I thought.”.
She confirmed and emphasized Black women’s early role in rock’n’roll, according to Mick Jagger, who claimed that Turner’s high-kicking, energizing live performances served as inspiration for his stage persona.
She went solo after spending two decades recording music with her dictatorial husband Ike Turner. After a few false starts, she eventually became one of the 1980s’ most important pop idols with the release of the album Private Dancer. She gave accounts of her life in three memoirs, a biography, a jukebox musical, and the highly regarded documentary Tina.
Wednesday night, her spokesman, Bernard Doherty, issued the following statement: “Tina Turner, the ‘Queen of Rock’n Roll,’ passed away peacefully today at age 83 after a long illness in her home in Kusnacht, Switzerland, not far from Zurich. She leaves the world with a musical legend and a role model.”.
Daphne A., a student. According to Brooks, Turner’s musical persona “has always been a charged combination of mystery and light, melancholy mixed with a ferocious vitality that frequently flirted with danger.”.
Turner remembers picking cotton with her family as a young child while living close to Nutbush, Tennessee. On November 26, 1939, Turner was given the name Anna Mae Bullock.
She managed to get into Ike’s band in St. Louis as a teenager by talking or singing. Louis following his participation in the church choir of the small town. He initially rejected her, but then he heard her enter the stage during a Kings of Rhythm performance to sing BB King’s You Know I Love You.
Ike gave her the name Tina Turner after noticing her vocal prowess and trademarked the name in case she left him and he wanted to replace her in his show.
Turner tried to leave the group early when she sensed his erratic behavior, and he beat her with a wooden shoe stretcher. Right away, he became hostile.
Turner’s second spouse was a German music industry executive named Erwin Bach. They got married and moved to Switzerland in 2013 after 27 years of dating. In order to obtain Swiss citizenship, Turner renounced her US citizenship in 2013.
In July 2018, she lost her firstborn, Craig Raymond Turner. When Ronnie Turner passed away at the age of 62, Turner said last year that he “left the world far too early.”. Turner Jr. Her surviving children are and Michael Turner, two of Ike Turner’s sons whom she adopted.
Turner acknowledged having serious health problems in 2020, but claimed that her ten most recent years had embodied her fantasy of perfect happiness. She added, “Having true and lasting happiness comes from having an unwavering, hopeful spirit that can shine, no matter what. “Now that I’ve done that, my greatest desire is to help other people find true happiness.”.
Peace be with you, Tina.
