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Tina Turner passed distant connected May 24, 2023, astatine the property of 83. A rep for the “Queen of Rock ‘N Roll” said she died peacefully aft a agelong unwellness successful her location successful Küsnacht adjacent Zurich, Switzerland. Further accusation astir Turner’s passing came connected May 25, erstwhile her rep confirmed to Daily Mail that she died from “natural causes.”
In her aboriginal years, Tina Turner battled wellness issues. According to The New York Times, she had a changeable and was known to beryllium dealing with kidney illness and different illnesses.
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Tina – calved Anna Mae Bullock connected Nov. 26, 1939 – began her career successful the precocious 1950s erstwhile she began singing with Ike Turner and his set The Kings of Rhythm. Tina’s pure, undeniable charisma would soon marque her the prima of the show, and the ensemble would soon beryllium renamed the Ike and Tina Turner Revue, which included the Kings of Rhythm and a miss group, The Ikettes. Anna Mae would soon beryllium renamed Tina, and she would seal the sanction with the 1960 duet, “A Fool In Love.” Ike and Tina would proceed to grounds and merchandise songs, including a screen of Creedence Clearwater Revival‘s “Proud Mary.”
In 1976, the Revue broke up erstwhile Tina near Ike (not earlier they would person a lad together. She would besides adopt 2 of his different children.) Her relationship, elaborate successful memoirs and biographies, was rife with home abuse. After separating herself from Ike, she began to enactment connected her solo career. She experienced a vocation resurgence successful the 1980s with the merchandise of her 5th solo album, Private Dancer. Its 2nd single, “What’s Love Got TO Do With It,” spent 3 weeks astatine No. 1 successful the US. It won the Record and Song of the Year Grammy and the Best Female Pop Vocal award. Private Dancer spent 11 weeks astatine No. 3, down Prince‘s Purple Rain and Bruce Springsteen‘s Born In The U.S.A.
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Tributes soon followed Tina’s death. ” “I americium so, truthful precise bittersweet to perceive of the passing of TinaTurner, the iconic fable who paved the mode for truthful galore women successful stone music, achromatic and white,” wrote Gloria Gaynor. “She did with large dignity & occurrence what precise fewer would adjacent person dared to bash successful her clip and successful that genre of music.” “Heaven has gained an angel,” added Ciara. “Rest successful bid to 1 of my favourite artists of each time,” wrote Magic Johnson.
“Tina Turner was an icon, a euphony icon who had galore stages, galore astonishing moments successful her career,” White House property caput Karine Jean-Pierre said pursuing Turner’s death, per CNN. “Very bittersweet to perceive the news. I was a immense instrumentality of Tina Turner. As you tin spot from my reaction, that is the archetypal I’m proceeding of it. And it is simply a monolithic loss, monolithic nonaccomplishment to the communities that loved her, surely to the euphony industry.”
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