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Tina Turner was honored by her longtime friend, Patti LaBelle, with a tribute show astatine the BET Awards connected June 25. Just 1 period aft Tina died, Patti took the signifier to sing 1 of her biggest hits, “The Best,” astatine the show. Unfortunately, she had a spot of a mishap during the performance, erstwhile the teleprompter that was showing her the opus lyrics malfunctioned. In the midst of her performance, Patti told the crowd, “Whatever, I can’t spot the words! I don’t know! I’m trying, y’all!”
Patti LaBelle says she can't spot the words #BETAwards pic.twitter.com/DGu6SksytF
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) June 26, 2023
Eventually, the opus got to a portion wherever Patti knew what to sing next, and she kept it going arsenic she belted retired the chorus. She had a grin connected her look the full clip and didn’t look fazed by the messiness up. The assemblage got down her, arsenic well, singing on during the parts that she didn’t cognize the lyrics to.
After the performance, Patti admitted that she was besides battling a cold, but said that it was ace important for her to wage tribute to her friend, careless of however she was feeling. “Whatever, I had to, I was giving it up for Tina Turner due to the fact that she’s simply the best,” Patti told Entertainment Tonight. “So you heard a small tweak each present and past retired there, but I did my best.”
Tina Turner onstage. (Pat Johnson/Shutterstock)
Tina died connected May 24 astatine her location successful Switzerland aft battling a “long illness.” She was 83 years old. Her authoritative cause of death was listed arsenic “natural causes” conscionable 1 time aft her passing. Over the years, Tina had galore nationalist health issues, including a stroke, conflict with crab and kidney failure. She had a kidney transplant erstwhile her husband, Erwin Bach, donated a kidney to her successful 2017.
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