Tina Turner’s Funeral: Service Information, Date, & Who Will Attend

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Image Credit: Shutterstock Tina Turner died astatine property 83 connected May 24, 2023. According to her longtime assistant, Tina reportedly wanted a ‘small, backstage affair.’ The day of the ceremonial is presently unknown. It volition apt beryllium for her adjacent friends and her manager.

“It is with large sadness that we denote the passing of Tina Turner,” work the May 24 connection confirming the death of the euphony icon. Tina, 83, passed distant successful her location successful Küsnacht adjacent Zurich, Switzerland, aft battling a “long illness,” according to an further connection released by Tina. The nonaccomplishment of specified an icon resulted successful grief, tributes, and sadness, feelings that volition scope a pinnacle astatine Tina Turner’s funeral.

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“There volition beryllium a backstage ceremonial ceremonial attended by adjacent friends and family,” a spokesperson for Tina’s household told Daily Mail. The day of the ceremonial was not made nationalist pursuing Tina’s death. As for the ceremonial details – who volition attend, and specified – Eddy Hampton Armani, her idiosyncratic adjunct for much than 20 years, spoke with the Mirror about what mightiness spell down. “She did not privation a large nationalist funeral,” said Hampton.

“She wanted to beryllium cremated, and I expect it to beryllium a small, precise backstage affair. I americium definite determination volition beryllium immoderate benignant of memorial performance and tribute later,” added Hampton, 65. “It volition beryllium for her precise adjacent friends successful Switzerland and her manager. It volition not beryllium a large household occasion.”

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Tina’s decease was owed to “natural causes,” according to her rep. Turner had battled galore health issues successful the years earlier her death. She suffered a changeable and kidney disease. She was besides diagnosed with intestinal crab successful 2016, 3 years aft her stroke.

Eddy kept successful interaction with Tina aft she settled successful Switzerland successful 1994. The erstwhile adjunct besides said that Tina “left the past behind” after she mislaid her 2 sons. Raymond Turner, 59, took his ain beingness successful 2018. In 2022, Ronnie Turner, 62, passed distant from cancer. Tina besides adopted 2 of Ike Turner’s sons from his erstwhile relationships – Ike Turner Jr. and Michael Turner – but had small interaction with them aft her determination to Switzerland.

“We were champion friends,” Eddy told The Morning Show. “She was my mentor, my heroine, my teacher, my aunt – I’m not going to accidental parent due to the fact that she would termination me. Most of the things I cognize contiguous is due to the fact that of Tina. And she didn’t pb you by the manus – she didn’t babe you. She told you, she taught you and you were expected to perceive and learn, and past you were expected to get it. And I got it.”

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