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Angela Bassett remembers Tina Turner’s last words to her

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death of Tina Turner on Wednesday, actress Angela Bassett remembered the trailblazing powerhouse’s resilience and talent.Bassett, who portrayed the late singer in the 1993 flick “What’s Love Got to Do with It,” honored the star’s steadfast determination and recalled the final words Turner shared with her.“How do we say farewell to a woman who owned her pain and trauma and used it as a means to help change the world?” Bassett’s lengthy statement on Instagram began.

She applauded Turner’s “courage in telling her story” and “commitment to stay the course in her life, no matter the sacrifice.” Bassett, 64, also championed the “Legs” singer for “her determination to carve out a space in rock and roll for herself and for others who look like her.”“…Tina Turner showed others who lived in fear what a beautiful future filled with love, compassion, and freedom should look like,” she wrote, in part.“Her final words to me — for me — were ‘You never mimicked me.

Instead, you reached deep into your soul, found your inner Tina, and showed her to the world,'” the “Black Panther” actress continued, vowing to hold the words “close to my heart for the rest of my days.”“I am honored to have known Tina Turner.

I am humbled to have helped show her to the world,” she added. “So on today, while we mourn the loss of this iconic voice and presence, she gave us more than we could have ever asked.

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