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Legendary musician Tina Turner sadly passed away at the age of 83.
Tina Turner’s management announced on Wednesday with great sadness her passing.
“With her music and her boundless passion for life, she enchanted millions of fans around the world and inspired the stars of tomorrow,” the statement read. “Today we say goodbye to a dear friend who leaves us all her greatest work: her music. All our heartfelt compassion goes out to her family. Tina, we will miss you dearly.”
According to her publicist Bernard Doherty, Turner died “died peacefully today (Wednesday) at the age of 83 after a long illness in her home in Kusnacht near Zurich, Switzerland.”
Tina Turner was born Anna Mae Bullock in Brownsville, Tennessee, on November 26, 1939. She began her career with Ike Turner’s Kings of Rhythm in 1957 under the name Little Ann.
Tinah and Ike Turner married in 1962 and share two children together. The pair went on to release a number of critically-acclaimed singles including Proud Mary.
Following her divorce, she embarked on a solo career that spawned hit singles such as Better Be Good to Me and I Can’t Stand the Rain”.
Turner has won a total of 12 Grammy Awards. She will be remembered as a groundbreaking artist who broke down barriers for women in music.
Tributes have been pouring in for Tinah Turner on social media:
Tina Turner was raw. She was powerful. She was unstoppable. And she was unapologetically herself—speaking and singing her truth through joy and pain; triumph and tragedy. Today we join fans around the world in honoring the Queen of Rock and Roll, and a star whose light will never… pic.twitter.com/qXl2quZz1c
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) May 24, 2023
Tina Turner at 60.
— 📿🏳️🌈Henry Amador-Batten (@AmadorBatten) May 25, 2023
Fearless and Fabulous. pic.twitter.com/86DYndQvvt
“There would be no rock ‘n’ roll without Tina Turner!” Lizzo pays tribute to the queen on the day of her death in phoenix pic.twitter.com/lzpxpbU0TV
— Barbara VanDenburgh (@BabsVan) May 25, 2023
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