Tina Turner led an eventful life and at the latest after her death, which became public on May 24, many know the problems that the singer had to deal with in life. But there are some details that are less well known.
A lousy marriage with violence and emotional abuse, the end of a career and the difficult restart of a solo career, two dead sons and a loveless childhood of their own – these are roughly the best-known cornerstones of the life of the singer Tina Turner. But her life still contained so many details that seem almost film-ready. Speaking of film-ready, the singer was also an actress.
Ten details from Tina Turner’s life that are relatively unknown:
- Tina Turner gave birth to her first child, Raymond Craig Turner, when she was 19. The father was a bandmate of Ike and Tina Turner: Raymond Hill. That was before Tina started having an affair with Ike – who, by the way, she found quite ugly.
- In her marriage to Ike Turner, which lasted from 1962 until they separated in 1976, Tina Turner suffered some injuries. Her ex-husband was violent and even broke her nose and jaw. Tina Turner is said to have given concerts with a broken jaw.
- Tina Turner has attempted suicide. The toxic marriage to Ike Turner left her so emotionally low that she attempted suicide in the ’60s. Turner published this sad confession together with the music journalist Kurt Loder in their book “I, Tina. My Life”.
- When Tina Turner fled from Ike Turner in a cloak-and-dagger operation in 1976, he searched for her for weeks, she had to hide and was afraid for her life.
- Ike Turner’s first two sons’ mother, Lorraine Taylor, is said to have threatened Tina Turner with a gun when she found out she was having an affair with her boyfriend. Then she is said to have taken her own life in the bathroom. Tina later adopted her and Ike’s two sons, Ike Jr. and Michael Turner.
- Tina Turner not only had a singing talent, Turner also established herself in acting, especially in the 80s and 90s. For example, she starred in action films such as: “Mad Max – Beyond the Thunderdome” and “Last Action Hero”.
Tina Turner had a disloyal family and a sick ex-husband
- Tina Turner did not have a good relationship with her mother, who left her when she was 11. So she didn’t go to her funeral in 1999 either. The singer’s official justification was that she didn’t want to draw attention to herself with her notoriety. Spicy detail: Her brutal ex-husband Ike Turner kept in touch with his ex-wife’s mother and appeared at the funeral.
- Ike Turner is said to have suffered from bipolar personality disorder, and he also used drugs. In 1989 he was sentenced to 17 months in prison for illegal drug possession. He died of a cocaine overdose in December 2007.
- Tina Turner counted Germany among her favorite countries. Not only because she lived with Erwin Bach in Cologne and is said to have hidden from Ike Turner in Stuttgart, among other places. She once said that the audience in Germany had always remained loyal to her. The singer also spoke German. She had to learn the language so that she could take Swiss citizenship in 2013.
- Tina Turner lived for almost thirty years in the municipality of Küsnacht on Lake Zurich, where she also died. She liked to go grocery shopping to get white truffles and smoked salmon. Her favorite place was Rico’s Restaurant. Here she rarely ordered from the menu, but had requests such as: “It could also be a bit spicier. For example, a vegetable and lemongrass soup with langoustines – she loved that. She especially liked poultry and vegetables,” says the owner Rico Zandonella. She always entered the restaurant through the kitchen, and other residents usually respected the privacy of the world-famous singer.
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Source: Stern
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