In the last few hours dozens of Tina Turner fanswho died yesterday Wednesday at the age of 83, went to Chateau Algonquin, the singer’s home in Küsnacht on the shores of Lake Zurich, to leave flowers, light candles and pay all kinds of taxes to the unforgettable and iconic Queen of Rock.
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Tina Turner, who in 2013, he renounced his US citizenship and adopted Swiss citizenshipthe village where she spent the last 30 years of her life, she died on the same property where the German producer Erwin Bach lived with her husband.
Spokesmen for the singer’s family indicated this the funeral will be held in the coming days in privatewith assistance only from his closest family and friends, who have asked that their privacy be respected at this time.
His life in Switzerland
Turner had lived since the mid-1990s with Bach in Switzerland, a country where she herself said she had “found peace of mind” and where, above all, since his retirement he has lived a discreet life away from the spotlight.
The singer born in 1939 in Brownsville, Tennessee, learned German as a requirement for obtaining Swiss nationality, a language she used, for example, when she was shopping in Zurich, to go more unnoticed.
Switzerland also fired its most famous adoptive citizen on Wednesday through the mouth of the Swiss president, Alain Berset, who on his Twitter account underlined that “the world has lost an icon” and described the singer as “an impressive woman who has found a second home in Switzerland”.
In a separate statement, the Küsnacht city council added that Turner “inspired people around the world with her unique voice, impressing many locals with her affection and modesty.”
The city on the outskirts of Zurich recalled that Turner once donated wreaths for the place’s Christmas decorations and that he sponsored a local rescue ship named “Tina” in his name.
Swiss citizen model
Turner often voted in the frequent referendums held in Switzerland, e in 2021 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Bern “for his incomparable musical work and artistic life”.
His final years were difficult, marked by both the Health problems (He suffered a cardiovascular accident 10 years ago and was diagnosed with colon cancer shortly after and underwent a kidney transplant) and for the losses in your family.
In 2018, his eldest son, Craig, who committed suicide at the age of 59, died, and in 2022, Ronnie, the youngest of his four children, died of cancer at the age of 62.
Retired 14 years ago
Turner retired from the music business in 2009 at the age of 70 after a prolific career spanning more than half a century in which has sold 200 million records, recorded more than 20 albums and won eight Grammy Awards.
In the 1960s and 1970s, she developed a career with her first husband Ike Turner, from whom she separated in 1976 after enduring years of domestic abuse and violence.
In the 80s he had one of the most spectacular comebacks in the music world, filling stadiums and selling records.
The decade of the 90s was that of his absolute consecration, with tours all over the world, his participation in the James Bond saga composing the main song of golden eye or appear in the film last great heroin 1993.
Before, Turner had come to the big screen in films such as Give me shelter, Tommy AND Mad Max IIIthe latter perhaps his best remembered role.
Source: Clarin
