Rock Star, Tina Turner dies at 83

Tina Turner poses with her plaque and a bouquet of flowers near her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame during the unveiling ceremony of August. 28, 1986 in Los Angeles. 

After a long battle with sickness, the death was Tuesday, May 23, 2023 announced of  legendary Rock Star, Tina Turner, aged 83years, in her home in Küsnacht near Zurich, Switzerland, by her manager. 

Born Anna Mae Bullock in a segregated Tennessee hospital in America, she later naturalized as a Swiss citizen a decade ago. She spent her latter years on a 260,000 square foot estate on Lake Zurich — and overcame so much. 

Rising from being physically battered, emotionally devastated and financially ruined by her 20-year relationship with Ike Turner, her former partner, she rose to become a superstar in her 40s, at a time when most of her peers were on their way down, and remained a top concert draw for years after.

Tina Turner was one of the world’s most successful entertainers, known for a core of pop, rock and rhythm and blues favorites: “Proud Mary,” “Nutbush City Limits,” “River Deep, Mountain High,” and the hits she had in the ’80s, among them “What’s Love Got to Do with It,” “We Don’t Need Another Hero” and a cover of Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together.”

Her trademarks were her growling contralto, her bold smile and strong cheekbones, her palette of wigs and the muscular, quick-stepping legs she did not shy from showing off.

She sold more than 150 million records worldwide, won 12 Grammys, was voted along with Ike into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991 (and on her own in 2021) and was honored at the Kennedy Center in 2005, with Beyoncé and Oprah Winfrey among those praising her. Her life became the basis for a film, a Broadway musical and an HBO documentary in 2021 that she called her public farewell.