Rock and roll legend Tina Turner died on Wednesday at the age of 83 in Switzerland, a spokesperson for the singer confirmed.

Biggest facts about singer and rock legend Tina Turner, who has died at the age of 83:

– November 26, 1939: Anna May Bullock was born into a poor farming family in the state of Tennessee, in the southern United States. She dedicated herself to music in local church choirs at a very young age.

– 1956: met rhythm and blues musician Ike Turner in St. Petersburg. Louis, Missouri, and later joined his band Kings of Rhythm.

– 1960: Ike changes his name to Tina Turner and creates the duo Ike & Tina Turner Revue. Over the next fifteen years, the couple released more than twenty albums.

– 1962: Marries Ike Turner in Tijuana, Mexico.

– 1978: the couple divorces.

– 1984: released her first solo album “Private Dancer”, which included the hit “What’s Love Got To Do With It”. In 1985, this title won a Grammy Award for Record of the Year. In total, the singer received eight Grammys throughout her career.

– 1985: Co-starred with Mel Gibson in Mad Max Thunder Domes, playing the leader of a merchant town in a post-apocalyptic world.

– 1986: Her autobiography, Tina Turner, a bestseller, reveals the abuse she suffered during her marriage to Ike Turner.

– 1993: The release of the biopic “Tina”, in which Angela Bassett plays the singer.

– 2013: She is naturalized Swiss and marries German music producer Erwin Bach.

– 2017: he received a kidney transplant.

– 2018: His eldest son died at the age of 59, probably by suicide. He had three more children.

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