Iconic Singer Tina Turner Has Passed Away At 83-year-old

Tina Turner, a pioneer of rock 'n' roll who rose to fame as a pop titan in the 1980s, passed away at the age of 83 after a protracted illness. 

The Guardian reports that she had recently experienced ill health, receiving a diagnosis of intestinal cancer in 2016 and undergoing a kidney transplant in 2017.

Turner reinforced and emphasized the early role that Black women played in rock 'n' roll, defining that period of music to the point where Mick Jagger acknowledged being influenced by her high-kicking. live performances that are dynamic for his theatrical character.

She tried her hand at being a solo artist after spending two decades working with her absent husband Ike Turner. After a few false starts, she eventually released the album Private Dancer, which helped her establish herself as one of the key pop idols of the 1980s. In three memoirs, a biopic, a jukebox musical, and the critically acclaimed documentary film Tina from 2021, her life was detailed.

A spokesperson stated in a statement on Wednesday night: "Tina Turner, the 'Queen of Rock'n Roll,' passed away peacefully today at the age of 83 following a protracted illness in her home in Kusnacht near Zurich, Switzerland. She leaves behind a musical legend and a role model for the world.