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- Some people called
me foolish woman.

I think it took a smart
woman to live with a man

and to live in that situation.

- (Narrator) The sad passing
of the legendary Tina Turner

shines a new spotlight
on her illustrious career,

an undeniable star quality.

- I have sicknesses and I moved
from America to Switzerland

and retirement set in
and things changed.

- Tina Turner is irreplaceable.

There will never be
someone else that has seen

all those different shifts
in culture and history

that she did and lived
through it, rode the waves

and really, really was
able to ride above it

and reinvent herself
as a true survivor.

- Queen of survival,
the queen of reinvention.

And she's a legendary
singer and performer.

- I love Tina Turner.

I mean, she was such
an icon and a survivor

and her voice like
just as a vocalist,

like just listening to what
she did with her voice.

There's no way to describe it.

- (Narrator) With over
100 million records sold,

Tina is one of the best
selling recording artists

of all time.

She has overcome
incredible hardship

with an infectious love for life

and a perspective on existence
that transcends her music.

- People till see me as Tina.

I will always be
Tina to them because

they only see me on stage.

- She went through horrible
physical and emotional abuse.

She went through all of
the racial inequality

that was happening in the
south when she grew up.

She went through
the star system,

which rejected her initially
after she was by herself

without Ike, all
the health issues.

And through the whole thing,

she remained just positive
and sexy and fantastic,

and just showing what
a woman could be.

- Our Queen Tina, our icon.

She means everything.

- She'll be so greatly missed.

Those high heels will
never be properly filled

by anyone else.

- (Narrator)
The legacy of Tina Turner

is that of a trailblazer,
an icon,

and a rock and roll legend.

She will forever
remain simply the best.

* You're simply the best *

* Better than all the rest *

* Better than anyone *

* Anyone I ever met *

* I'm stuck on your heart *

* I hang on every word *

- (Narrator) Tina Turner
was born Anna Mae Bullock

on November 26th, 1939.

Had a difficult and
turbulent childhood.

She was raised in
Nutbush, Tennessee,

a small rural town
with a population

of just a few hundred people.

Her parents, Floyd and Zelma
Bullock were sharecroppers

who struggled to make ends meet.

Tina's parents'
relationship was tumultuous

and her father was physically
abusive toward her mother.

The family lived in a small
house without running water,

and Tina's early years
were marked by poverty,

hardship, and insecurity.

When Tina was just 11 years old,

her parents separated
and her mother moved

to St. Louis, Missouri
to start a new life

with Tina's older sister Alene.

Tina and her younger
sister Evelyn,

were left behind in
Nutbush to be raised

by their grandmother.

Tina's grandmother
was a strict Baptist

who disapproved of secular
music that Tina loved

and she forbade her
from listening to it.

- Her father was physically
abusive to her mother

and this caused the mom just
feeling she had no way out.

She actually abandoned
the whole family

and ran away when Tina
was just 11 years old.

And this, of course just
created absolute chaos

for poor Tina.

- Tina and her sisters
forged a while after

to live with their mother.

In between, they lived
with strict grandparents

and then back with her mom
and dad before her mom left.

- (Dr. Jen) She was sent to
live with her grandparents

in St. Louis at that point.

And that's, I think when
she first started getting

into music and where she
first encountered Ike Turner.

- (Narrator) Despite the
challenges she faced,

Tina found solace in singing

and she often performed
in the church choir.

As a teenager, Tina
moved to St. Louis

to join her mother and sister
after her grandmother's death.

It was in St. Louis that Tina's
life would change forever.

- Tina first saw Ike Turner
at the Manhattan Club

when he was touring with
his band King of Rhythms.

And it wasn't till 1967 though

she was titillated,
she was interested,

she wanted to perform,

but Ike was firmly against
women performing with them.

He'd had a couple other
singers that were female,

did not work out.

But in 1967, Tina was able to
get on stage and grab the mic,

and that gave her
her in with Ike.

He saw a possibility
there and he agreed

to let Tina perform with him.

- Now, before that she had
sung, you know, in church,

that kind of thing, but never
really sung on the stage.

* You must be losing your mind *

- * I started *
- * Started what? *

* Started making
wedding plans *

- * Oh really? *
- * Oh yeah *

* If your love is half as true *

* As the love I offer you,
oh darling *

* I think it's gonna
work out fine *

* Everybody! *

* I keep on telling ya *

* It's gonna work out fine *

- When Tina first started
performing at the age of 17,

occasionally with Ike
and the Kings of Rhythm,

her name was actually
Anna Mae Bullock.

Ike made her change her name
to something else,

and he went
with the name Tina

'cause it reminded him
of Sheena,

like Sheena of the Jungle.

And he thought, you know,

the thing is he'd already had
some different female singers

come in and out of the band.

And his idea was
if Tina left,

he could then trademark
the name

because he had the Turner
at the end, which was him.

He was Ike Turner.

So by Tina Turner,
it would be a part

of the whole Ike brand.

So you could just replace
Tina with somebody else.

And that was at that stage
that Anna became known as Tina

to the world.

- (Narrator) Upon
hearing her sing,

Turner asked her if
she knew more songs.

She sang the rest of
the night

and became a featured
vocalist with this band.

During this period,
Ike became her mentor

and taught her more
about vocal performance.

- So in 1960, Ike Turner had
written "A Fool In Love,"

and he'd actually written it
for another female band member,

but that band member didn't
turn up to sing the song.

So he gave it to Anna Mae
Bullock at the time to sing

and she sung the song and
she absolutely killed it.

So he was convinced
to make her, you know,

the front woman of the band.

- (Narrator) That is how
Tina's career took off.

As she teamed up with
the legendary Ike,

they created some of the most
electrifying music of the era

with her powerhouse
voice, stunning looks

and magnetic stage presence,

Tina captivated audiences
around the world

and quickly became
a star in her own right.

- The first recorded song
was "A Fool In Love."

That was their first
really big breakthrough

that was followed with
"River Deep Mountain High,"

which is a song you can still
turn on the classic radio

and you will hear that
song that and "Proud Mary,"

you'll hear it, that's it.

There was like classic
songs that really put

Ike and Tina Turner
as a duo on the map

and firmly in that same canon

as classic artists
from that time period.

- And that was really the song
that introduced Tina Turner

to the world, but also
really introduced,

even though the Kings
of Rhythm, Ike's band,

had been doing their
thing in nightclubs

and around St. Louis,

that's really what propelled
them to go national as well.

So a "A Fool in Love" was
really the breakthrough song

for Tina Turner, for Ike Turner,

and for the band
at that point, as well.

- (Narrator) As Ike and
Tina Turner's fame grew

they embarked on
international tours

and performed to sold out crowds

in some of the most prestigious
venues around the world.

Their hit songs like
"River Deep Mountain High,"

"Proud Mary" and
"Nutbush City Limits"

became instant classics

and cemented their place
in music history.

They also became known for
their dynamic live performances

with Tina's powerful vocals

and Ike's guitar and piano
skills driving the music,

Tina and the revue's
backup singers, the Ikettes,

choreographed intricate
and electrifying dance routines

into their performances

and influenced
many other artists,

including Mick Jagger of
The Rolling Stones

for whose 1966 UK
tour they opened.

- Touring with
the Rolling Stones

allowed Ike and Tina Turner
and their band

to go global almost.

You know, introduced
them to a new audience.

It allowed them to make
songs on the road as well.

They had many more
hits in the R&B chart,

but also they did loads
of television performances

like on TNT and
things like that.

And that introduced
them to a new audience,

every city they were in as well.

So as well as being on tour

and being introduced
to all these new audiences,

they were able to make songs

and they were able to
hit television as well.

And more people got
to see Tina Turner.

And she herself kind of
came through as this star

and started to have
fame in her own right,

away from Ike Turner
and the Kings of Rhythm

away from Ike and
Tina Turner Revue.

Tina Turner started
to establish herself.

- Kings of Rhythm morphed
into the Ike and Tina Revue

because Ike saw the natural
talent that Tina had

and they ended up opening up
for the Rolling Stones.

And this is of course, we're in
late sixties or early seventies,

and some of their hits started
getting a lot of acclaim because

they literally had a stage
now with the Rolling Stones,

a platform for people
to hear and see that.

* And do I love you, my oh my *

* River deep,
mountain high, yeah, yeah *

* If I lost you would I cry *

* Oh, how I love you, baby *

* Baby, baby *

- (Narrator) Their high
energy cover version

of Credence Clearwater's
Revival's 1968 "Proud Mary"

remains Turner's signature hit

and one of her longest
enduring standards.

"Proud Mary" was the duo's
greatest commercial success,

peaking at number four on
the Billboard, Hot 100,

in March, 1971.

The single eventually
won a Grammy for best R&B

Vocal performance
by a duo or group.

- "Proud Mary" is a song that
is definitely the best known

by Ike and Tina.

You hear it still
now, all the time,

more up and coming bands now

and modern artists
are covering it.

The reason it's such an
incredible banger

is because starts off slow,

she even says, we'd
like to do it nice and slow,

so you think it's gonna be
this kind of rhythm and blues

just jazzy number.

And then as Tina sings,

gets faster
and faster and faster

till finally at its crescendo,
it has almost a frantic,

frenetic, "Proud
Mary keep on burning"

And this, you can
just almost--

I mean, I've seen her
perform it so many times,

but you can, that energy
is in the music itself,

even if you've never seen her,
of just movement and speed.

It's absolutely incredible.

And that's what makes
it such a classic.

* I left a good
job in the city *

* Working for the man
every night and day *

* But I never lost one
minute of sleeping *

* Worrying 'bout the way
things might've been *

* Big wheel keep on turning *

* Proud Mary keep on burning *

* Rolling *

* We're rolling *

* Rolling down the river *

* We're rolling, rolling,
rolling down the river *

- So as the 1970s rumbled on,

even though Ike and Tina
had had initial success

and some big breakout songs,

people started seeing them
as a little bit old-fashioned

and not really with it.

You know, disco
was up and coming,

their songs weren't
changing with the times,

and they had questionable
management issues with touring.

Cap all that off with
the fact that

Ike had a voracious
cocaine habit,

it just all added up to really
career suicide in a lot of ways

and things were not,

even though they'd been on
this fantastic trajectory,

suddenly things were
not going that well.

And the wheels literally
started to come off

the band and the show.

- (Narrator) However, the duo's
relationship was tumultuous,

and Ike was often physically
and emotionally abusive

towards Tina.

- At first Ike and Tina's
relationship was great,

you know, they were
young, they fell in love,

they got married, but as
Ike's drug use continued,

he became increasingly
violent towards Tina.

- Behind the
glamorous stage show

and the supposed happy
relationship of Ike and Tina

was a very
abusive and horrendous

real life situation for Tina.

Ike was incredibly emotionally
and physically abusive,

and Tina really saw
no way out of this.

So for a majority
of her marriage,

she just was quiet about it.

These were the days where you
never talked about

these sorts of things
happening in your home life.

In 1968, Tina felt like
she had no way out,

literally no way out, no escape.

And her doctor had
prescribed her sleeping pills

because she was having a lot
of issues falling asleep.

And just one night she just
thought, "You know what,

I'm never gonna, I'm living
in hell right now with Ike

in this situation."

And she ended up taking the
entire bottle of sleeping pills

in a desperate attempt
to end her life

and therefore end the
suffering that she was feeling.

- Some people called
me foolish woman.

I think it took a smart
woman to live with a man

and to live in that situation.

That's the credit I give myself.

And so when it looked like
I possibly couldn't get out

because I was really afraid,

I planned,
okay then I'll just die because

I'm really tired of
everything, you know,

no hit records,

being blamed for Ike not being
able to come up with hit records

because I wasn't
singing properly.

And then the one night

when it really just got
a bit too much

where crying didn't even help,

I took them all almost
like in two swallows.

And I didn't regret any of it.

And actually when
I opened my eyes,

I went, excuse expression,
oh, (beep) I'm still here.

I really had planned
to leave here.

And then I said, after I started
feeling a bit better,

I said, well, that's
not time yet then.

So that was that experience.

- It wasn't until July in
1976 when she was in Dallas,

Ike had an explosive rage,
hit her, beat her badly,

and she somehow managed to
literally run out the door

of the house that they were in,

run out the door like nothing.

She had no money,
no bag, no nothing.

She just like
ran out the door.

She saw her opportunity to
leave and went to the Hilton

where she famously said,
you know, "I'm Tina Turner,

please let me check in.

I'll do anything,
I'll pay you back later."

And the fact that she
just left

with literally only
the clothes on her back

showed how desperate
the situation was.

This scene is recreated
in the incredibly dramatic

and emotionally moving
biopic on Tina's life

called "What's Love
Got To Do With It?"

And the actress
Angela Bassett plays Tina.

And if nothing else in
that movie stays with you,

it's that scene of this woman
that's been pushed to the edge

of thinking nothing
else matters.

It is literally fight or flight.

And she had gotten to the end

of being able to put up
with the fight.

So she just had to
leave the situation.

And it's absolutely
heart-wrenching.

Heart-wrenching.

Angela Bassett does Tina
proud in that scene.

- I'm Tina Turner,

my husband and I
just had a fight.

I'm supposed to open
at the Academy tonight.

I have 36 cents
and a Mobil card,

but if you would give me a room,

I swear I will pay you back.

- No, no, no.
That won't be necessary.

Now, Ms. Turner,
I'd be honored, really.

- Every now and then, it was
some fun, sometimes it was,

but I don't remember
what it was.

But I remember there were days
that was lighter and nicer,

but mostly he was just a really,
always angry with me.

He treated me
like I was a prisoner

and he was the guard.

- (Narrator) After
their separation,

United Artists released
two more studio albums

credited to the duo,
"Delilah's Power" 1977,

and "Airwaves" 1978.

Despite the controversy
surrounding their relationship,

Ike and Tina Turner's
impact on the music

and popular culture
is undeniable.

Their unique blend of
rock, soul, and R&B

helped to shape the
sound of modern music.

- I didn't know that the way
out was through the door,

but that didn't
come at the time.

I just thought totally helpless.

And when I was really,
really, really fed up,

that's when I just took a chance

and said, come what may,
and left.

I was just really
tired of my life

and the situation
I was in with Ike.

- When Ike died in 2007,
Tina said she had no comment.

Everything had already
been said, and I love that.

It's 1979.

Tina's finally
broken up with Ike.

She decides I'm gonna
try it on my own.

So she puts out a
disco-esque record

and unfortunately
the timing was horrific.

Disco was on the way out.

New Wave pop music of that
kind was on the way in,

the record was
an absolute flop.

Tina was seen as a has been.

Then the most miraculous
thing happened.

She decided to
give it another go.

And in 1983 she did a cover
of "Let's Stay Together."

Brilliant, brilliant.

It was the lead single off
the album "Private Dancer,"

which the cover
itself is iconic.

Here you have Tina, who's
been through all this stuff,

all these horrible things,

seen as someone that
should be cast onto the,

out to the glue factory as
being old and of no use anymore.

She's on the cover of this
record with a tight fitting

black like leotard.

She has this fantastic set
of legs in fishnet tights,

these huge black heels.

And she's this staring
down the camera

with this fierce red lip.

Like, I challenge you not
to listen to this record

and enjoy it.

And it is banger after banger
after banger, you know,

first with
"Let's Stay Together,"

then she has "What's Love
Got To Do With It?"

Ugh, "Private Dancer,"
which if you see that video,

it is just, again, complete
dagger heart-breaker.

It's the total rebirth of Tina.

Tina as an independent woman
standing on her own two feet.

Everything's tinged with
a melancholic sadness though.

But that kind of becomes
part of the Tina brand.

And that I think is
one of the reasons

she's such an important,
important diva,

an important icon in general.

- So in the late 1970s
after she'd left Ike

and left the band,

Tina was kind of
considered a nostalgia act.

She was performing
in hotel ballrooms,

doing cover versions,
things like that.

And Roger Davies, a record exec,

agreed to manage her in 1979.

In 1981, she was invited by Rod
Stewart to perform "Hot Legs".

She did a five-week tour
in South Africa.

She was signed to Capitol
Records off the back of that.

It was a massive hit,

and Capitol Records
were surprised

at how much of a hit it was.

So then she was given two
weeks to record the album,

"Private Dancer," which she did.

She just recorded
the album in two weeks

and it was such
a massive success.

And that was completely
what turned it around

for Tina Turner.

You know, "Private Dancer"
was very much the soft rock

of the eighties.

It was quite an unlikely
sort of genre for Tina Turner

to make her way down, but
she absolutely nailed it.

I think that's why the record
company was so surprised

by the success of it.

But it ended up going, you know,

God knows how many
times Platinum,

but that was really what
propelled her to superstardom.

- (Narrator) "Private Dancer"
contained several hit songs,

including the title track,

"What's Love Got To Do With
It?" and "Better Be Good to Me,"

all of which showcase
Tina's dynamic vocals,

electrifying stage presence,
and fierce independence.

* You must try to ignore that
it means more than that *

* Oh oh *

* What's love got to
do, got to do with it? *

* What's love but a
second hand emotion? *

* What's love got to
do, got to do with it? *

* Who needs a heart when
a heart can be broken? *

- When Tina was with
Ike and The Revue,

she was singing more R&B.

It was almost strictly R&B.

"River Deep Mountain
High" with Phil Spector

in the sixties was
slightly different.

It was more pop,
more orchestral.

But Tina always said that
she loved rock music.

She'd always loved that genre.

And the version of
"Let's Stay Together"

that she recorded kind
of ventured into that.

Whereas "Private Dancer"
really, really took that on.

It was classic soft rock.

And I think people
were surprised

because she was a Black
woman singing rock music.

It didn't make
sense at the time.

Nobody else was doing it.

Rock and soft rock was
a predominantly white genre.

And here was this black
woman who was famous

for singing R&B music
was suddenly singing

all these really
iconic rock tracks.

It shouldn't have worked,
but it really, really did.

* Let me be the one
you come running to *

* I'll never be untrue *

* Let me say that since, baby,
since we've been together *

* Ooh, loving you forever *

- So after a "Private
Dancer" you had

"What's Love Got To Do With It?"

You know, all
these iconic songs,

I mean, they're iconic now,
they were just hits back then.

And if there's one
thing about Tina Turner

is that she could
span any age range.

So everybody loved her music,

white people loved her,
Black people loved her,

which meant that she was selling
out concerts all over the world.

So from France,
Germany, Switzerland,

the United Kingdom to
Brazil to, you know,

cities across America.

I think at one point in Brazil
she had the highest selling

or the most amount of
tickets sold for a concert

around 80,000 or something.

And if you see the footage
of it, it's just incredible.

All these people, just
like a sea of people

turned out to see her.

So she was doing these
record-breaking tours,

and I think, again,
no one expected it

because you have a Black woman
singing rock music.

It doesn't really make sense.

But the point, or
the beauty of it was,

is that she hooked up
with the right producers.

She knew where to
make the music.

You know, she recorded
a lot of her music in London

using synthesizers,
using different sounds

that she wasn't
necessarily used to

with this iconic voice.

And just making hits
on hits on hits.

- Tina's comeback
was to the extreme.

It wasn't just record sales,

it wasn't just this
new vision of Tina

as this sexy, sensual,
surviving woman.

It was also her stage
performance that was

absolutely literally
setting the globe on fire.

In fact, in 1988, she set
a record in Rio de Janeiro

for having the most
concert attendees

of all time ever at a
concert up to that point.

The record had actually
been held by the band Queen

before Tina.

So Tina was a worthy
person for them

to pass that mantle onto.

But again, Queen, amazing.

- Who are you here to see today?

- (Crowd) Tina.
- That's right.

Well, ladies and gentlemen,
we are gonna honor

Tina Turner today

with Star number 1,831

in Hollywood's
famous Walk of Fame.

Today we honor Tina
Turner for her many,

many outstanding
achievements in recording.

- In 1991, Tina
was inducted into

the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,

and it's a massive honor,

especially in the United States
to have this.

However, Tina didn't show up,

she's just at that
point in her career

'cause it was Ike
and Tina Turner,

and it just was not something
that she was interested

in being involved in,
which I love that again,

it's like that Ike and
Tina was behind her.

Tina Turner, the solo
person, entity, artist,

survivor human was
what she was now.

- (Paparazzi) Tina! Tina!

Tina!

- In 1995, Tina was presented
with the song "Goldeneye."

Now this is going
to be the theme song

for the newest Pierce
Brosnan Bond movie.

Every musician wants
to have a Bond theme.

I mean, it's instantly
a signature song.

It's iconic.

It's again, one of those
big bucket list check marks.

And this particular song was
written by Bono and the Edge
from U2,

and she worked
with them to rewrite it

to a point where it just,

she brings like
a Tina-ness to it

that I think no one else could.

And it completely
defines that film.

- I don't think he really
meant for me to sing it.

I don't think he really
meant that anything

could come from that.

I don't even really think he
cared to write a song for Bond

with what he gave me.

I wish I still had
some of that stuff.

But yeah, I knew then
that I had talent

to sing anything put before me.

* Goldeneye I found
his weakness *

* Goldeneye he'll
do what I please *

* Goldeneye no time
for sweetness *

* But a bitter kiss will
bring him to his knees *

- One of my favorite Tina
moments is when she stars

in Thunderdome in
the Mad Max series,

and she plays this queen
of like these outcasts.

And it just is kind of like,
I mean, Tina's not an outcast.

She's amazing and fantastic,

but the fact that at
that point in her career,

she would be brave enough
to take on that role

in some ways, playing
how and who she felt

and the things she'd been
through in this weird,

like diotopic context
was incredible.

And also the fact, the
song that came out of that

"We Don't Need Another Hero"

is one of the classic, bestest,

most wonderful Tina
songs of all time.

- Tina Turner the Musical
has been instrumental

in bringing the music of Tina
Turner to a new audience.

When it came to the
West End, you know,

it's sold out night
after night after night.

It also brings Tina Turner's
story to life on stage

and is a vehicle
for some incredible,

incredible young Black actresses

to sing all
this incredible music

that Tina doesn't
perform anymore.

She hasn't toured
for such a long time.

She suffers with kidney disease

and she doesn't keep very well,
so hasn't toured for ages.

- It's with how record sales
are not as important in the mix

of making someone legendary
as they were once.

I think the fact that Tina
Turner got her own musical

was a way to bring Tina's story

and this fantastic
cannon of music

and the whole idea of
who and what she is

to a new generation of people.

And I think that was
very, very important.

It's so crucial that
people know the history

of what came before, and
especially someone like Tina

that has just seen
so much change

and literally reinvented
herself so many times.

It's important for those
stories to be known.

* You're simply the best *

- As I came in this evening,

it was a wonderful
applause for me,

and I thank you for that.

This musical is my life,

but it's like poison
that turned to medicine.

Thank God for her.

I can never be as happy as I am.

Thank you all.

- There's a musical
that's a hit.

I think the documentary
will be a hit.

So aside of being really
tired of talking about myself,

I'm really proud of what
my future as a star became.

I feel proud that
I hold that in my hand.

- (Narrator) In 2013,

three weeks after
her wedding to Erwin Bach,

Tina had a stroke.

She had to learn
how to walk again.

- After all the tumultuous
and horror with Ike,

you would think that

Tina would probably never
give love another shot.

- In 1985, Tina meets Erwin
Bach and he was actually

a representative
from the record label

who was just sent to meet her
at the airport one day.

He was 16 years her junior.

So initially they
were just friends,

but they eventually got
together and they got married

in Switzerland in 2013.

- Why I felt so comfortable
leaving America

was because everyone treated
me not as a Black person,

they treated me just as a star.

Difference.

It's different than
when I was there.

My attitude about being
there is I had lived there

the first 50 years of my life

and now I'm moving
to another country.

Part of that was because of
my relationship with Erwin.

Part of that was I was always
treated a little bit different

in those other countries
than in America,

because in America,
a Black singer,

R&B singer is always a
Black singer, R&B singer.

I'm happier than I ever
thought

that life would become for me.

So that means that
most of my hardships

came while I was
young and growing up.

And then the last days
when normally people suffer

from old age and sickness
my happiness came.

I am,
I'm really thoroughly happy.

- (Narrator) In her 2018
book "My Love Story,"

Tina revealed that she had
suffered life-threatening

health issues in recent years,

and she was seen less spending
time away from the spotlight

and the public eye.

In 2016, she was diagnosed
with intestinal cancer.

She turned to homeopathic
remedies to treat

her high blood pressure,

but these eventually led
to kidney failure.

- Tina, however, has
been beset with all kinds

of health issues.

In fact, in 2013,
she had a stroke

and has to learn how
to walk all over again.

And just when that
seemed to be behind her

in 2016, she had to
battle intestinal cancer.

And Tina decided that
she was not going to do

traditional medicine.

She was instead gonna go
the homeopathic route.

And from doing this,
it caused a lot of strain

on her kidneys.

And she was told that she
was going to either need

to be on dialysis
the rest of her life,

and that eventually

she would need a kidney
transplant of some kind.

So things looked quite grim.

- It's 20 years later, I think
probably a little bit more,

and a lot has happened
since the stage life

and my life changed.

I had sicknesses and I moved
from America to Switzerland

and retirement set in
and things changed.

You know, actually
I had retired.

I haven't actually tried to
sing since, but I'm sure I can.

Oh yes.

A mild stroke from
the back of the head.

And then they took
me down in the room

and I didn't believe it.
It's not a stroke.

Like that.
They left the room.

Plop, hit the floor.

After we finally got
rid of the stroke,

then the swindle started,
this dizziness.

So they found out what
that was in the inner ear.

We corrected that.

And then after that
was the kidney thing.

They found that, no, that
was this one next, the colon.

The Swiss people are like
the English, they have manners,

so I said,
"Well, so what happens?"

He says, "If you don't maintain,

if you don't do
what we recommend,

you will probably die."

Only one of your
kidneys are functioning.

Actually, what happened
was I stopped medication

for kidney because I was
tired of the medicine

and I wanted to see what
I felt like my old self

because it has the blood
pressure medicine holds you,

it restricts you a little bit.

And they say to Erwin,
"You can live with one kidney."

So Erwin thought--

No, Erwin said to the doctors,
"Can I give her one of mine?"

Something similar to
this, I wasn't there.

And then he found out that
he doesn't need two kidneys.

So then he came to me and said,

"Tina, you don't have to
make this decision now.

I can give you one
of my kidneys."

And I said, "Oh, you're
young. I'm already older.

It's okay.

You just get used to
me not being here."

And I did feel like I was older,

I was already in my seventies,

so why should I take the
kidneys from a young man

and let him finish his life,
that's what I felt like.

And he said, "No, no, no,
my life is fine how it is.

I'll give you one
of my kidneys."

- (Narrator) Tina
Turner's recent years

have been nothing
short of glamorous.

After retiring from
performing in 2009,

she has been living a life
of luxury and relaxation,

surrounded by her
loved ones and enjoying

the fruits of her
decades-long career.

She spent her time between
her extravagant homes

in Switzerland and France,

which are filled with
beautiful artwork,

exquisite furniture, and other
treasures she has collected

throughout her
illustrious career.

She has been a longtime
supporter of several
organizations,

including the Children's
Hospital in Zurich

and The Beyond Foundation,
which supports music education

for young people.

On Thursday, May 25th, 2023,
Tina Turner died peacefully

at her home in Switzerland
after a long illness.

Her spokesperson said,
"With her, the world loses

a music legend
and a role model."

Following the announcement,
there was an incredible

outpouring of grief and tributes

across social media from
some of the biggest stars.

Tina previously had
intestinal cancer

and suffered a stroke,
revealing in 2018

that her husband
had donated a kidney

to save her life as she
contemplated assisted suicide.

- Tina Turner is irreplaceable.

There will never be
someone else that has seen

all those different shifts
in culture and history

that she did and
lived through it,

rode the waves, and really,
really was able to ride above it

and reinvent herself
as a true survivor.

We throw that word
around a lot now,

but if we think about Tina,

she went through horrible
physical and emotional abuse.

She went through all of
the racial inequality

that was happening in the
south when she grew up.

She went through
star, the star system,

which rejected her initially

after she was by herself
without Ike,

all the health issues.

And through the whole thing,

she remained just positive
and sexy and fantastic,

and just showing
what a woman could be

and she'll be so greatly missed.

Those high heels will
never be properly filled

by anyone else.

- (Afua) The queen of survival,
the queen of reinvention,

and she's a legendary
singer and performer.

- (Narrator) Despite retiring
from performing in 2009,

her timeless music,
stunning performances

and unapologetic attitude
will always be a testament

to her enduring impact on
the world of entertainment.

Her rise to fame was
a true Cinderella story

filled with glamour,
passion and perseverance.

But perhaps most importantly,

Tina's legacy as a feminist icon

and advocate for human rights

has made her a true inspiration.

Her unwavering commitment
to philanthropy

and support for causes
like children's education

and AIDS research are a
testament to her enduring impact

and her commitment.

There is no doubt that
Tina Turner's legacy

as a trailblazing performer
and all around glamour goddess

continues to inspire new
generations of artists and fans.

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