PHOTOS: Remembering Tina Turner, 'Queen of Rock 'n' Roll'
(NEXSTAR) – Legendary rock and soul singer Tina Turner has died at the age of 83, her manager confirmed Wednesday.
Turner died Tuesday after a long illness at his home in Kusnacht, near Zurich, Switzerland, according to his manager. She became a Swiss citizen a decade ago.
“With him, the world has lost a musical legend and a role model,” his UK representative, Bernard Doherty, told Deadline in a statement.
Late Night with David Letterman – Episode 407 – Pictured: (LR) Music guest Tina Turner during an interview with host David Letterman on May 31, 1984 – (Photo by: RM Lewis Jr. / NBCU Photo Bank / NBCUniversal via Getty Images from (via Getty Images) Left to right, singer Tina Turner, chat show host Terry Wogan and singer and pianist Elton John at the BBC Television Center in Shepherd’s Bush, London, 18 February 1985. Turner and John appear on the chat show ‘Wogan’. (Photo by Steve Wood/Express/Holton Archive/Getty Images) Tina Turner sings one of her hits at the 1985 Grammy Awards. LOS ANGELES – FEBRUARY 26: Pictured is Tina Turner at the 27th Annual GRAMMY Awards, February 26, 1985, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images) LOS ANGELES – FEBRUARY 26: Pictured from left are Tina Turner and Lionel Richie at the 27th Annual GRAMMY Awards, February 26, 1985, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images) Tina Turner during Oprah Winfrey celebrates the opening of the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls – at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls on January 2, 2007 in Henley-on-Clip, South Africa. (Photo by Pan Media Agency/Filmmagic) ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – JANUARY 09: Claude Nobbs, founder of the Montreux Jazz Festival, hands American singer Tina Turner the Swiss Award in the Category Show during the Swiss-Awards 2009 Awards ceremony at Hallenstadion on January 9, 2010 in Zurich. Switzerland. (Photo by Miguel Villagran / Getty Images) HAMBURG, GERMANY – MARCH 03: Tina Turner during the premiere of the musical ‘Tina – Das Tina Turner Musical’ at Stage Operanhaus on March 3, 2019 in Hamburg, Germany. (Photo by Franziska Krug / Getty Images) NEW YORK, NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 07: Tina Turner speaks during “Tina – The Tina Turner Musical” opening night at Lunt-Fontaine Theater on November 07, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by John Lampersky / Getty Images) NEW YORK, NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 07: Daniel J. Watts, Tina Turner and Adrienne Warren speak during “Tina – The Tina Turner Musical” opening night at Lunt-Fontaine Theater on November 07, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by John Lampersky / Getty Images)
A statement posted on his official Facebook page read:
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Tina Turner. With his music and immense passion for life, he has enthralled millions of fans across the globe and inspired the stars of tomorrow. Today we say goodbye to a dear friend who has left us her greatest work: her music. All our heartfelt sympathies go out to his family. Tina, we will miss you so much.
Few stars traveled that far — she was born Anna Mae Bullock in an isolated Tennessee hospital and spent her later years at a 260,000-square-foot estate on Lake Zurich — and went far beyond. Physically battered, emotionally devastated and financially ruined by her 20-year relationship with Ike Turner, she became a superstar in her own right in her 40s, at a time when most of her peers were down were going, and remained a top concert for years afterwards.
According to a biography by internationally renowned singer Mark Bego, Anna Mae Bullock first made a name for Tina Turner with the hit single “A Fool in Love”. The song peaked at number 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
With fans ranging from Beyoncé to Mick Jagger, Turner was one of the world’s most successful entertainers, known for pop, rock and rhythm and blues favorites: “Proud Mary,” “Nutbush City Limits,” “River Deep, Mountain High,” and their hits 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.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
