Tina Turner is dead. The Queen of the Rocks was 83 years old

she died Tina Turner. The singer was 83 years old, her spokesperson announced: “Tina Turner, Queen of Rock and RollShe passed away peacefully today at the age of 83 after a long illness at her home in Küsnacht near Zurich, Switzerland. With her, the world loses a musical legend and role model.” The White House commented on the death of the artist: “Very sad news, a great loss for everyone who loved her.”

Among his accomplishments, (simply) the best And Nutbush city limitsThe others are with the husband Ike Turnerwith whom he collaborated on several albums. The explosion of his solo career occurred in the 1980s, with songs that marked the era such as We don’t need another heroand the soundtrack Mad MaxOh the beautiful private dancerIt was written by Mark Knopfler and would bring her four Grammy Awards. A wonderfully soulful voice with an always expressive, never forced voice and an instantly recognizable power, Tina Turner She manages to rise after the end of the destructive relationship with Ike, which left her in financial and psychophysical ruin. And then it is reborn like a phoenix, as David Bowie saw it, and returns to fly again from its destruction. After reclaiming her name, which Ike took from him by filing in his name as a registered trademark, Tina Turner awaits on her journey to a new life, under the lights, after the darkness and violence of previous years.

like Turnerreal name Anna Mae Bullock, becomes a world star at the age of forty. She has sold more than 150 million records worldwide, won 11 Grammys, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Ike in 1991 (alone in 2021) and honored at the Kennedy Center in 2005. She was the Queen of Acid in the version Cinematic Opera Who’s Rock Tommy, in which the protagonist is introduced to Lystal travel. Starting in Tennessee, he expressed soul, rhythm and blues and pop rock with a natural talent expressed on records but above all on stage, in an artistic renaissance paralleling a personal renaissance.

In addition to original songs, he has made high-profile hits like Mary proud RACs e Let’s stay together to Al Green. Even in the most popular expressions, Tina Turner She never lost the status of a great artist. Life did not spare her other pains: the first stroke, the discovery of cancer, and the suicide of her son, Craig. But it’s a life that’s also been made into a movie, a Broadway musical, and an Hbo documentary in 2021, one that has taken a leave of absence from its audience. Who greets her on the farewell day with thousands of posts and tweets from ordinary people and artists.