Tina Turner's Difficult Past: An Inside Look
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Tina Turner
With over 180 million records sold, Tina Turner is one of the world's most successful singers. The world star did not always have it easy privately. We show you Tina Turner's difficult past...
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The career of the power woman began in the sixties, at that time together with her ex-husband Ike Turner. At that time he was playing in the band Kings of Rhythm, which brought women from the audience onto the stage for a singing performance and ...
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Tina Turner
... so it happened that Tina Turner got the opportunity to prove her talent on stage. With her impressive voice, she convinced the others so much that Tina Turner became an integral part of the band. In the sixties the couple could celebrate their first chart successes as Ike and Tina Turner.
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Tina Turner
To the outside world at that time it seemed that Tina Turner had the perfect life, but in the memoirs of the world star the dark side of the singer's life was revealed and it turned out that ...
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... she was exposed to his outbursts of violence during her marriage and collaboration with Ike. In 1976, Tina Turner filed for divorce. In the documentary, titled 'Tina,' she stated that she still struggles with vivid memories of her violent experiences with Ike.
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As a result of the beating, she suffered from a form of post-traumatic stress disorder for manye years, which brought with it numerous health problems in recent years.
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In 2013, the superstar suffered a stroke. Three years later, Tina Turner was diagnosed with colon cancer and a year later she almost died from severe kidney damage. She survived thanks to her husband Erwin Bach's organ donation.
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Tina Turner and her husband Erwin Bach
The two met over thirty years ago. Things sparked immediately between her and the music producer Erwin Bach, who was sixteen years her junior. The German music producer and Tina Turner tied the knot it 2013.
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Tina Turner and Erwin Bach
The couple lived in Switzerland since 1994 and Tina Turner received Swiss citizenship in 2013. Tina Turner also renounced her US citizenship in the same year to protest the high US taxes imposed on Americans living abroad.
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In 2018, Tina Turner had to suffer another stroke of fate. Craig Turner, her eldest son, died on the night of July 3, 2018 at his home in California. He committed suicide and was 59 years old.