Tina Turner: A life in dates

Tina Turner: A life in datesKey dates in the life of US singer and pop icon Tina Turner who died on Wednesday in Switzerland aged 83. RIP.

by AFP

25-05-2023 08:59

in Celeb News

Key dates in the life of US singer and pop icon Tina Turner who died on Wednesday in Switzerland aged 83. RIP. Photo by Robyn BECK / AFP

Key dates in the life of US singer and pop icon Tina Turner who died on Wednesday in Switzerland aged 83.

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November 26, 1939: Born Anna Mae Bullock in Tennessee into a poor farming family. Develops an early love of singing at her church choir.

1956: Meets rhythm and blues group musician Ike Turner in St Louis, Missouri, and later joins his band Kings of Rhythm.

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1960: Ike changes her name to Tina Turner and they form the musical duo the Ike & Tina Turner Revue. Over the next 15 years, the couple will have 25 records on the charts.

1962: She marries Ike Turner in Tijuana, Mexico.

1978: The couple divorce.

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1984: Releases first solo album, Private Dancer , which includes What's Love Got To Do With It , Turner's most successful single and winner of two of her eight Grammy Awards.

1985: Stars opposite Mel Gibson in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdrome as the fearsome community ruler in a post-apocalyptic world.

1986: Bestselling autobiography I, Tina reveals bombshell details about domestic abuse during her marriage to Ike Turner.

1993: Release of What's Love Got To Do With It based on Turner's life, starring Angela Bassett as Tina Turner.

2013: Becomes a Swiss citizen and marries German music producer Erwin Bach.

2017: Undergoes a kidney transplant. Bach was the donor.

2018: Death of her eldest son Craig from an apparent suicide aged 59.

2022: Death of her son Ronnie of complications from colon cancer aged 62. Turner has two other children.

By Garrin Lambley Agence France-Presse

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