Tina turner biography filmography

We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we back. Tina Turner began performing with musician Ike Turner in the s. Following a slow start to her solo career, Turner achieved massive success with her album Private Dancer. The revered singer with eight Grammys to her name later became involved in the spiritual Beyond project.

Turner died May 24, , at age Her parents, Floyd and Zelma Bullock, were poor sharecroppers, who split up and left Anna Mae and her sister to be raised by their grandmother.

Tina turner cause of death

When her grandmother died in the early s, Anna Mae moved to St. Louis, to be with her mother. In a interview with Oprah Winfrey , Tina said Ike patented her name as a form of control. Before long, the group was touring as the Ike and Tina Turner Revue and earning renown for their electrifying stage performances. With their popularity growing, Ike and Tina were married in Tijuana, Mexico, in They had a son, Ronnie, prior to their wedding in