Tina Turner, 'Queen of Rock n Roll', dies aged 83 in Switzerland

[Jack the Greater]

Source: Sky News

Tina Turner - one of rock's great vocalists and most charismatic performers - has died aged 83, her spokesperson has confirmed.

In a statement, they said: "Tina Turner, the 'Queen of Rock'n Roll' has died peacefully today at the age of 83 after a long illness in her home in Kusnacht near Zurich, Switzerland.

"With her, the world loses a music legend and a role model."

The US-born star was one of the best-loved female rock singers, known for her on-stage presence and a string of hits including The Best, Proud Mary, Private Dancer and What's Love Got to Do With It.

Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/tina-turner-dies-aged-83-12888593

[rzemanfl]

1. Who will teach women how to wear heels now?

RIP Tina.

[Jack the Greater]

5. Yep

[elleng]

15. CHER!!!

(They were friends.)

[Upthevibe]

2. I adore her.......

..............

[lark]

3. I always really liked Tina Turner, but my old boss set the standsrd.

He had a life size poster of her in a mini dress and heels, singing and gesturing. It's what he looked at when his door was closed. He also named his beautiful powder blue convertible Mercedes Tina.

[Jack the Greater]

13. "He had a life size poster of her in a mini dress and heels"

Doesn't everyone?

[lark]

22. Love how you think, lol.

Shoot, I'd have one and I'm a straight old white lady. She was "Simply the Best".

[Jack the Greater]

14. Mini dress and heels

[Jack the Greater]

16. More mini dress and heels

[Behind the Aegis]

4. A great!

RIP

[Aristus]

6. One of the best surprise cameos in rock history.

After her career resurgence in the early 80's, it seems like everyone wanted TT to appear on their records. Here's one who was lucky enough to get her to agree.

[Elessar Zappa]

9. Yeah, she actually sang on some Frank Zappa songs too.

I can’t think of a bigger pair of opposites lol.

[dalton99a]

7. R.I.P. to a legend

[DinahMoeHum]

8. She had the ferocity of a lioness in her performances.

Rest In Power And In Peace, Queen Tina.

[LoisB]

12. +1000

[electric_blue68]

10. I just saw this! 😔 What a dynamic performer! 🧡 Rest in power, Tina!

I saw her as The Ike & Tina Turner review! 👍 In? '70 might have been for New Year's.

[Bayard]

11. One of my great favorites....

Just a fabulous performer.

I remember seeing her on the Cher show many years ago, where they were doing a song and dance number together. Cher could not keep up with Tina at all! Her legs looked like toothpicks next to Tina's muscle.

[Duppers]

18. Same here.

[Duppers]

17. Only THE BEST, Better than all the rest..

Heartbroken 💔

Just loved and admired her!

[Rhiannon12866]

19. It's easy to say "she will be missed," but Tina Turner really, really will - be missed.

More than a "trendsetter," she was truly one of a kind...

[FakeNoose]

20. Here's something I never knew: Tina was dying of cancer and her husband donated a kidney to her

(link) https://news.sky.com/story/tina-turner-reveals-husband-gave-her-kidney-in-secret-transplant-11518822

Saturday 6 October 2018

Rock legend Tina Turner contemplated death as her kidneys failed but was given a new lease of life after her husband donated one of his own, the singer has revealed. The American music star, 78, who now lives in Switzerland, thought she was getting back to good health after beating intestinal cancer and a stroke when things took a turn.

In a serialisation of her autobiography in the Daily Mail, the What's Love Got To Do With It singer said her kidneys were at 20% and "plunging rapidly" by December 2016. She said she was so ill she was preparing for assisted suicide.

"I faced two choices: either regular dialysis or a kidney transplant," she said. "Only the transplant would give me a good chance of a near-normal life. But the chances of getting a donor kidney were remote." However, her husband - German music executive Erwin Bach - stepped in with Switzerland's donor rate remaining one of the lowest in Europe.

That remarkable loving gift enabled 5 more years for Tina. Amazing!

RIP Tina Turner

[riversedge]

21. IN Black and White--Tina Turner doing Proud Mary is unforgettable. 🔥

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Tina Turner doing Proud Mary is unforgettable. 🔥

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Rolling Stone once named her "one of the greatest singers of all time."

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[maddogesq]

23. I just posted this tribute on FB:

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“You think I don’t know the law? Wasn’t it me who wrote it?” ——Tina Turner as Auntie Entity in Beyond Thunderdome

Whether you liked that film or not, I believe this line is just so indicative of a special performer that was both a goddess, and a total badass, all wrapped up in one package.

Ya’ll may remember I talked about that “soundtrack of our lives” stuff after Gordon Lightfoot passed. Well, the same feeling applies here, along with lessons Tina taught us about survival and inner strength.