A spokesperson confirmed to Britain’s Telegraph that she died at her adopted home in Switzerland. The “Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll” sent an audience of millions into raptures with her powerful voice, daring costumes, sensual choreography and exuberant energy. Her biggest hits include “We Don’t Need Another Hero”, “What’s Love Got to Do With” and the worldwide hit “Simply the Best”. With these hits, she secured an everlasting place on pop olympus in the 1980s and 1990s.
After a farewell tour in 2009, she retired into private life at age 70. According to her own statements, after decades of hard work, she was now enjoying life without obligations. The American-born singer and actress came from humbler beginnings and has spoken openly about her abusive marriage.
After that, Turner rarely appeared in public, for example to promote a book or a musical about his life story. With her German partner Erwin Bach, who is 16 years her junior, she has lived on Lake Zurich, Switzerland, since the 1990s. The two celebrated a lavish wedding reception there in 2013. Turner also obtained Swiss citizenship in that year. year. Turner had two biological children who predeceased her at ages 59 and 62.
In 2016, Turner fell ill with colon cancer, and her husband donated one of his kidneys to her in 2017. In the 2019 autobiography “My Love Story”, she recounted life’s many painful experiences, but honored Bach as her savior and greatest love of your life.
Solo career after divorce from Ike Turner
Turner was in the 60’s and 70’s in a duo with her then Husband Ike Turner known. Hits like “River Deep – Mountain High”, “Proud Mary” and “Nutbush City Limits” invaded the charts in many countries. As Turner revealed much later, the marriage was an ordeal for her. Ike beat and bullied her. She ran away from him at age 37. Turner dropped all financial claims to jointly creating music to quickly get over the divorce and begin a solo career.
At the age of 45, she once again shines in the spotlight: the album “Private Dancer” was her solo breakthrough in 1984. Since then, she has filled stadiums and stages with music all over the world and achieved several worldwide successes. Turner has won several music awards. In 2021 she was placed in the “Rock & Roll Hall of Fame‘ was recorded in Cleveland, USA. ‘If they’re still giving me awards at 81, I must have done something right,’ she joked at the ceremony via live video from Switzerland.
Turner learned German
Turner has integrated well in his adopted country of Switzerland. As reported by the Swiss news agency sda, she learned German and voted “exemplarily” in the federal referendum. She arrived in Switzerland and the food suits her too, she said. In addition to cheese, she was particularly delighted with the Swiss bread “Bürli”. She gave the city of Küsnacht Christmas lights on her 75th birthday. In December 2021, she received an honorary doctorate from the University of Bern for her “unique artistic-musical work”.
Tina Turner’s “Walk of Fame” star decorated with flowers
After the death of singer Tina Turner, the rock legend’s star plaque on Hollywood’s “Walk of Fame” will be decorated with flowers. The announcement was made by the contracting authority this Wednesday. Reportedly, the “Queen of Rock’n’Roll” was immortalized in August 1986 on the popular tourist mile in the heart of Hollywood with a star plaque.
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“Tina Turner’s illustrious career spanned many decades and she will be greatly missed,” the statement said. The singer’s sidewalk star is located on Vine Street, across from the Capitol Records building. Turner died on Wednesday at age 83.