She ascended from rural roots to the heights of national stardom, blasting into public consciousness as one half of the sensational rhythm-and-blues duo Ike & Tina Turner and later establishing herself as one of the most popular Black female solo artists in the world. Tina Turner during a concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City in 1969. The arc of Turner’s high-flying but tumultuous life was music industry legend - as well as the basis for a hit 1986 autobiography (“I, Tina”), a Hollywood biopic (“What’s Love Got to Do With It”) and a Broadway jukebox show (“Tina: The Tina Turner Musical”). Doherty added that there will be a private funeral ceremony for close friends and family members. "With her, the world loses a music legend and a role model," Turner's publicist, Bernard Doherty, said in a statement.
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