Singer Tina Turner, one of rock's most famous voices who had hits including Proud Mary and The Best, has died at the age of 83 after a long illness.
In a career spanning more than 60 years, the American-Swiss singer, who was born Anna Mae Bullock in Nutbush, Tennessee, won eight competitive Grammy Awards and received stars on both the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the St Louis Walk of Fame.
With her soulful hits and a commanding stage presence, Tina Turner secured her status as the queen of rock 'n' roll with a catalogue of powerful hits that showcased her boundless energy and gravelly vocals.
Across her career, which began in the 1950s, the singer won over hearts with classic songs including River Deep – Mountain High, Proud Mary and Nutbush City Limits.
Turner's Irish shows included numerous dates at the RDS over the years and a legendary Croke Park gig in June 1996. Her last Irish concerts were at Dublin's O2 - now the 3Arena - in April 2009.
Her extensive list of hits also includes the Bond theme track for 1995's GoldenEye, with a tune of the same name co-written by Bono and The Edge of U2 fame, as well as We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome), What's Love Got to Do With It, Private Dancer, Let's Stay Together and many more.
Notable duets during her career included performing with David Bowie and Bryan Adams. In 1985, she took to the stage with The Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger during Live Aid.
In 2008, she duetted at the Grammys with Beyoncé for a memorable performance of Proud Mary.
The star faced many difficulties in her personal life. Her autobiography, I, Tina, was turned into the 1993 film What's Love Got To Do With It, dramatising the mother-of-two's famously turbulent relationship with Ike Turner.
In her 1986 book, the singer narrated a harrowing tale of abuse, including suffering a broken nose during the course of her 16-year marriage to Ike Turner.
Ike Turner died in December 2007 and Tina's spokeswoman at the time was quoted as saying: "Tina is aware that Ike passed away earlier today. She has not had any contact with him in 35 years. No further comment will be made."
Turner went on to meet music producer Erwin Bach in the 1980s and they tied the knot in a ceremony years later on the banks of Lake Zurich in Switzerland in 2013.
She had suffered ill-health in recent years, being diagnosed with intestinal cancer in 2016 and having a kidney transplant in 2017.
In her autobiography Tina Turner: My Love Story, published in 2018, she revealed that Bach saved her life by donating one of his kidneys.
Last year, Turner said following her son Ronnie's death at the age of 62 that he "left the world far too early".
Her other biological son, Craig Raymond Turner, died aged 59 in 2018.
In 2005, US President George W Bush famously described her legs as "the most famous in showbusiness" and it was reported she insured them for hundreds of millions of dollars.
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A musical based on her life, titled Tina – The Tina Turner Musical, opened in London's West End in 2018.
Her career spanned more than music, with her starring in the 1985 film Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome alongside Mel Gibson and she also appeared in 1993's Last Action Hero.
In 2021, she sold the rights to her back catalogue after reaching an agreement with BMG for an undisclosed sum, signing over her share of her recordings, her music publishing writer's share and her name, image and likeness, the company said.
Her solo works include 10 studio albums, two live albums, two soundtracks and five compilations, which together have sold more than 100 million records.
Source: Press Association
