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Tina Turner Dead at 83: A Timeline of Her Tragedies and Triumphs Including Abusive Marriage, Death of 2 Sons
Tina Turner died on Wednesday, with her rep telling ET she died peacefully after a long illness in her home in Küsnacht near Zurich, Switzerland. She was 83.The music icon experienced the highest of highs (from selling more than 100 million records worldwide to earning a Kennedy Center Honor and receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame) to the lowest of lows (she tried to kill herself to escape her abusive relationship with ex-husband Ike Turner, mourned the death of two of her sons and nearly died from kidney failure) while becoming a household name whose songs — from «What's Love Got to Do With It» to «Proud Mary» — have endured the test of time.Over the course of her career, Tina released nine full-length studio albums, won a dozen GRAMMYs and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame not once, but twice. ET takes a look back at some of the triumphs and tragedies she endured. Tina became the first woman to appear on the cover of the famed music magazine.