The well-known American singer died this Wednesday in Zurich, where she has lived in recent years fighting her health problems.
Tina Turnerone of the great stars of the world of rock American of the 80s, passed away this Wednesday at the age of 83. In addition to having left an enormous musical legacy set a precedent as the first women to report domestic violence. After a life filled with adversity, she spent her last years in ZurichSwitzerland where he crossed his long illness with her husband Erwin Bach.
The American interpreter born in Brownsville, Tennessee On November 26, 1939, he took his first steps in music in 1959 with his then partner Ike Turnera star of the moment, and they formed the duo Ike and Tina Turner. In 1961three of his songs they reached the top 100 and they were already consolidated with successes such as River deep, mountain high.
However the good performance on stage was not reflected within the couple. Years later Tina would denounce that her husband Ike had violent attitudes towards her and He had also been arrested on more than one occasion for possession of narcotics.
This situation ended up exploding one night when, like so many other times, he hit her, yelled at her and scorned her. To this she responded with more shouting and After the fight, which took place hours before a show, the artist decided to leave the hotel where they were staying and with her few belongings, she crossed the highway and went to another hotel to seek help..
A lawyer friend got him a ticket and a house to hide in in Los Angeles so as not to be found by Ike and his fury. Determined not to go back to him, that night he broke both his love and professional bond and started again.
At the time of the divorce, your ex-partner asked to keep all the assets they had in common. Tina gave him what he wanted: houses, cars and copyrights. But he only asked to keep his name.
As soloist, managed to replicate the great success he had achieved with the duet and in 1982 came one of the great moments of his career: the album Let’s dance, produced in collaboration with David Bowie. From this moment on, it was established as one of the great musical starsnot only in the United States but throughout the world.
Then he acted in the movie Mad Max II and its single We don’t need another hero was included in the soundtrack. Later he released other albums like Break every rule, Simply the best, What’s love got to do with it and Wildest dreams.
In the year 2000with more than 60 years, announced that he would retire from the stage. Before saying goodbye, he went on a farewell tour with a total of 95 performances where he confirmed, once again, that it was undoubtedly the rock queen.
Source: Ambito
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