Details of Tina Turner’s funeral have been revealed after the legendary singer died on Tuesday at the age of 83.
Extensive plans for the Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s funeral have not yet been released, but a family spokesman confirmed that only the star’s closest friends and family will attend the intimate ceremony.
“There will be a private funeral ceremony attended by close friends and family,” the rep confirmed to The Sun.
This comes after Turner’s cause of death was confirmed yesterday after she passed away at her home in Küsnach near Zurich after a long, unspecified illness.
Following the news of her death, tributes to the star poured from the music industry and beyond as fans flocked to her home in Switzerland to lay flowers and light candles.
Extensive plans for the Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s funeral have not yet been released. Pictured: Tina Turner performs during a concert March 3, 2009 at the O2 Arena in London
People gather outside the gate of the Chateau Algonquin, home of the late singer and stage artist Tina Turner, in Kuesnacht, Switzerland, on Thursday
Turner lived with her husband in their lakeside home in Küsnacht near Zurich, Switzerland
Turner officials have since confirmed that The Best singer died of natural causes.
They announced the sad news of her death earlier this week on Tuesday, May 24, saying, “With her, the world is losing a music legend and role model.”
She had previously battled colon cancer for over four decades and suffered from high blood pressure.
Since news of Tuner’s death broke, well-wishers have gathered outside the star’s lakeside home to pay tribute to the music legend, who made Switzerland his home for nearly three decades.
Last night a large crowd gathered outside the cast-iron gate, shrouded in darkness, and fans came out one by one to lay flowers or light candles, some flickering through red-tinted glass jars.
“You are simply the best,” was one of the dozens of messages hidden among the bouquets.
“I’m shocked,” Miran Znider, a 48-year-old Slovenian who lives nearby, told AFP, fighting back tears. “I didn’t expect it to happen so soon.”
When asked why he came, Znider said: “Because it is the queen, the queen of all women.” I love Tina.’
A view of the home of the late singer Tina Turner in Kuesnacht near Zurich, Switzerland, May 25, 2023
Tina Turner is pictured with her husband Erwin Bach at the Giorgio Armani Prive Haute Couture Fall-Winter 2018/2019 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on July 3, 2018
He was among the many who flocked to the Algonquin chateau in Küsnacht on Lake Zurich’s exclusive Gold Coast, where the 83-year-old rock queen had lived for almost three decades.
As people gathered in front of the tall gate, which was flanked by two large illuminated columns and emblazoned with “Algonquin” in gold letters, Turner’s music played from one of the cars parked nearby.
“Today is a very sad day,” Ozgur Arzik, 48, told AFP.
“Actually, I grew up with Tina Turner’s sons and live nearby. “I’ve always heard her songs and I’m really sad that we lost her,” he said. “I just wanted to be here.”
The American star gave up her US citizenship to become Swiss ten years ago.
“With Tina Turner’s death, the world has lost an icon,” tweeted Swiss President Alain Berset.
“My thoughts are with the family of this amazing woman who has found a second home in Switzerland.”
The Municipality of Küsnacht issued a statement saying, “Tina Turner has inspired people around the world with her unique voice and touched many Küsnacht residents with her warmth and humility.”
“She was a proud citizen of Küsnacht,” it said, praising her close connection to the community. She sponsored a lifeboat called “Tina” and donated Christmas lights.
A man wearing a Tina Turner concert T-shirt stands next to flowers and candles at the gate of the late singer’s home in Switzerland on Thursday
A woman stands next to flowers and candles at the home of Tina Turner in Küsnacht, Switzerland, on Thursday
A woman and her daughter laid a bouquet of flowers at the front gate of Tuner’s Swiss home on Thursday
People light candles and lay flowers at the gate of singer and stage performer Tina Turner’s home on Wednesday night
A woman bends down to light a candle at Tina Turner’s home after learning of her death
Candles are lit at Tina Turner’s home on Wednesday evening as news of her death broke
Turner moved to the wealthy Alpine country in 1995 with her longtime German partner Erwin Bach, 67.
In 2013, three months after marrying Bach and obtaining her Swiss passport, Turner renounced her US citizenship.
The couple had long rented their castle due to restrictions on property ownership for foreigners.
In 2021, the couple reportedly spent $76 million on a ten-building waterfront property in the community of Stäfa on the north shore of Lake Zurich.
At the time, Bach told the Handelszeitung that the 240,000-square-foot (22,300-square-meter) property with a pool and private lakefront area would serve as a “new weekend retreat.”
Hailed by the Swiss media as a model Swiss citizen, Turner stressed that she had to learn German and also pass a local citizenship test and interview to obtain her citizenship.
And as soon as she had her passport in hand, she went to the polling stations for the frequent referendums in the country known for its direct-democratic system.
In 2021, the University of Bern awarded her an honorary doctorate for her “unique musical and artistic life’s work”.
Flowers and candles can be seen in the park at Chateau Algonquin, Tina Turner’s home in Küsnacht
Flowers and candles are laid in the gate of the Chateau Algonquin, the home of the late singer and stage artist Tina Turner in Küsnacht, Switzerland, on Thursday
People take photos of flowers and candles placed at the gate and inside the Chateau Algonquin, the home of the late singer and stage performer Tina Turner
Mourners and fans of Tina Turner gather in front of her home in Küsnacht on Thursday after news of her death broke