Tina Turner has died at the age of 83 . His spokesman announced it.
«Tina Turner, the Queen of Rock'n Roll, passed away peacefully today at the age of 83 after a long illness at her home in Küsnacht near Zurich, Switzerland . With her, the world loses a music legend and a role model," the artist's rep wrote in a statement.
Born November 26, 1939 in Nutbush, Tennessee, born Anna Mae Bullock, she won 12 Grammys and sold over 180 million records in her career.
Among his immortal hits “The Best”, “Private Dancer”, “What's Love Got To Do With It”, “Proud Mary”, “We Don't Need another Hero” .
A career spanning more than half a century, which starts in the 1960s and goes beyond the 2000s . Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Hollywood Walk of Fame, she is also the first African-American artist and the first woman to appear on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, in 1967.
A story full of events, dramas, tragedies, violence, falls and rises .
She began as a member of the duo with husband Ike: a tumultuous relationship between the two, with her also being the victim of abuse and violence, from which she has broken free. Then the divorce and the solo career in which, starting from the end of the 70s , she immediately consecrated herself as a wonderful artist.
Her live performances are extraordinary, always very engaging and accompanied by magnificent choreography: so much so that her friend Mick Jagger confessed that he "stole" her way of being on stage. A timeless beauty, an unmistakable and biting voice that made her a legend . An all-round artist, also highly regarded as a dancer and actress .
In the 1990s she moved to Switzerland, found solace in Buddhism and her husband Erwin Bach. As has often happened in her life, when it seemed she could find serenity, something tried to knock her down. Her health began to fail: first a stroke, then a tumor in the intestine, then severe kidney failure that forced her to choose between dialysis and a transplant . So much so that she admitted that she had also thought about assisted suicide, then her husband donated a kidney to her, giving her back a few years of peaceful life.
Now the queen of rock has reached the finish line.
(Unioneonline/L)