2023-05-25 18:00:00
Por Huw GRIFFITH and Robin MILLARD in Küsnacht
Tina Turner’s death continued to elicit emotional tributes from her fans and show business around the world on Thursday, who have crowned her as she wished to go down in posterity: as the undisputed “queen of rock.”
Shortly after the announcement of his death at the age of 83 as a result of a long illness, the day before in Switzerland, fans have begun to lay flowers and candles on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood and in front of the home of the American star near Zurich.
“You are simply the best”, reads a message deposited among the dozens of bouquets of flowers that accumulate in front of the gate of the Algonquin castle in Küsnacht, located on the sought-after Gold Coast, on Lake Zurich.
For Ana Ferreira, who has traveled to her residence, Tina Turner “was the queen because she was totally committed to her music. The body, the voice, was very strong.
“Someone like her should live forever,” says Barbara Burkhalter, another admirer.
Throughout the night, fans have orderly waited their turn to lay flowers and candles in a tribute to “The Best (The best).”
The singer settled in Switzerland in 1995 together with her partner, the 67-year-old German Erwin Bach. In 2013, three months after marrying Bach and becoming a Swiss citizen, she renounced her US citizenship.
– “The best” –
Since 1950, when he began his artistic career in the United States, he has won eight Grammy Awards, the highest award in American music.
Famous for her songs like “Proud Mary” or “The Best”, the pioneering artist knew how to dazzle her followers with her inimitable voice and her unique live concerts.
Not afraid of growing old, she told the Guardian in April that she hoped she would be remembered as the “queen of rock’n roll”.
And he seems to have succeeded, judging by the tributes, like basketball player Magic Johnson, who did not hide his emotion at the disappearance of the “legendary queen of rock.”
Mick Jagger, singer of the Rolling Stones, not only highlights her “talent”, but describes her as someone “warm, funny and generous”. The group’s guitarist Ronnie Wood also lamented the loss of the “queen of rock and soul.”
– Emotion –
“The terms ‘legendary,’ ‘icon,’ ‘diva,’ and ‘superstar,’ are thrown around, but Tina Turner embodies every one of them, and so many others,” Mariah Carey said.
Gloria Gaynor, another contemporary and star of the song like her, assured that Tina Turner “paved the way for so many” she paved the way for so many women, black or white, in rock music.
US President Joe Biden highlighted that she was the “only woman to win in the pop, rock and RnB categories” at the Grammy Awards, “a sign of her versatility, creativity and enormous popularity.”
For former president Barack Obama, Tina Turner is a “star with a light that will never go out.”
In California, fans have also flocked to his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame to pay tribute to him.
Born on November 26, 1939 in Tennessee (southern United States), Anna Mae Bullock, her real name, began her career at the age of 16 with the blues group “Kings of Rhythm” of which she would become her husband Ike Turner. .
It was with him and with “The Ike and Tina Turner Revue” that the singer began to become one of the most popular black groups in the United States in the 1960s.
– “Survivor” –
In 1966, Ike Turner and his musicians opened the first leg of the Rolling Stones’ British tour, opening the door for the couple to success in Europe.
But Ike Turner beat her periodically, until in 1976 he ran away and had to hide for a while until he got a divorce in 1978.
In the tributes that came after the news of his death, many highlighted his resistance and courage in the face of this domestic violence.
“For me, she will always be a survivor and an inspiration to women around the world,” Mariah Carey said.
The actress Angela Bassett, who played the singer in the musical “Tina” in 1993, wonders for her part: “How do you say goodbye to a woman who made her pain and traumas a force and produced them? to change the world?
“Tina Turner showed other people living in fear what a beautiful future, filled with love, compassion and freedom, should look like,” added the Oscar-nominated actress for her performance.
After a journey through the desert, Tina Turner returned to the top in the 1980s with the album “Private Dancer”.
According to a statement from his agent, the “gifts will be private in the presence of close friends and family.”
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