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.
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25-05-2023 08:59
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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.
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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.
