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Tina Turner, the unstoppable singer and stage performer who teamed with husband Ike Turner for a dynamic run of hit records and live shows in the 1960s and ‘70s and survived her horrifying marriage to triumph in middle age with the chart-topping “What’s Love Got to Do With It,” has died at 83.
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FILE – Tina Turner, left, and Lionel Richie pose with a total of five awards between them, at the Grammy Awards show in Los Angeles on Feb. 27, 1985. Turner, the unstoppable singer and stage performer, died Tuesday, after a long illness at her home in Küsnacht near Zurich, Switzerland, according to her manager. She was 83. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon, File) -
FILE – Tina Turner performs her current hit song “What’s Love Got to Do With It” in Los Angeles on Sept. 2, 1984. Turner will be inducted to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The ceremony, to be held at the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, will be simulcast on SiriusXM and air later on HBO. (AP Photo/Phil Ramey, File) -
FILE – In this Jan. 31, 1985 file photo, “Saturday Night Live” actor Billy Crystal, in character as “Fernando,” center, is flanked by host Alex Karras and musical guest Tina Turner during a rehearsal, in New York. Karras, who gained fame in the NFL as a fearsome defensive lineman and later as an actor, has died. He was 77. Craig Mitnick, Karras’ attorney, said Karras died at home in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012, surrounded by family. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler, File) -
Tina Turner and James Brown shown at Grammy Awards on Feb. 24, 1982 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Doug Pizac) -
Tina Turner, Pop and R&B vocalist, as holds up a Grammy Award, Feb. 27, 1985, Los Angeles, Calif. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) -
Tina Turner sings one of her hits at the 1985 Grammy Awards. -
Tina Turner gets chocolate ?leg? from Pepsi President Roger Enrico in 1985. (AP Photo) -
Die US-amerikanische Saengerin Tina Turner, Mitte, gibt am Mittwoch, 14. Januar 2009, in Koeln ein Konzert zum Start ihrer Europa-Tournee. (AP Photo/Hermann J. Knippertz) ** ZU KORR ** — US singer Tina Turner, center, performs in a concert in Cologne, Germany, on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009. The concert is the start of her European tour. (AP Photo/Hermann J. Knippertz) -
FILE – Tina Turner performs in a concert in Cologne, Germany on Jan. 14, 2009. Turner, the unstoppable singer and stage performer, died Tuesday, after a long illness at her home in Küsnacht near Zurich, Switzerland, according to her manager. She was 83. (AP Photo/Hermann J. Knippertz, file) -
Tina Turner performs at The Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo., Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008. This is the first concert of her tour. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner) -
HAMBURG, GERMANY – MARCH 03: Tina Turner during the premiere of the musical ‘Tina – Das Tina Turner Musical’ at Stage Operettenhaus on March 3, 2019 in Hamburg, Germany. (Photo by Franziska Krug/Getty Images) -
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 07: Tina Turner and Adrienne Warren speak during “Tina – The Tina Turner Musical” opening night at Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on November 07, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by John Lamparski/Getty Images) -
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 07: (EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE) Adrienne Warren and Tina Turner pose at the opening night after party for “Tina – The Tina Turner Musical” at Jazz at Lincoln Center on November 07, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic) -
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 07: Tina Turner (center) and the cast of “Tina – The Tina Turner Musical” during the opening night at Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on November 07, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic) -
American-born Swiss singer, songwriter, dancer and actress Tina Turner reacts on stage after the German premiere of the musical “Tina – Das Tina Turner Musical” in the Operettenhaus in Hamburg on March 3, 2019. (Photo by Georg Wendt / dpa / AFP) / Germany OUT (Photo by GEORG WENDT/dpa/AFP via Getty Images)
Turner died Tuesday, after a long illness in her home in Küsnacht near Zurich, Switzerland, according to her manager. She became a Swiss citizen a decade ago.
Few stars traveled so far — she was born Anna Mae Bullock in a segregated Tennessee hospital and spent her latter years on a 260,000 square foot estate on Lake Zurich — and overcame so much. Physically battered, emotionally devastated and financially ruined by her 20-year relationship with Ike Turner, she became a superstar on her own 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.
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