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Oprah Winfrey Pens Emotional Message Honoring Tina Turner’s ‘Powerful Impact’ on Her Life

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Winfrey wrote on her digital magazine “Oprah Daily.” “She said she had a full life and was ‘tired.’ I’m always wary when someone who is ill says they’re tired.

It often means they are tired of the work and energy it takes to stay alive. I left the hospital thinking that would be my last time seeing her.”Winfrey went on to call Turner her “shero” and a “model for triumphant living.” She detailed how her fandom blossomed into an everlasting friendship that included her spending time with Turner in her home and even attending Turner’s wedding to Turner’s now-widower Erwin Bach.“She was a role model not only for me but for the world.

She encouraged a part of me I didn’t know existed,” Winfrey wrote. “Tina lived out of the box and encouraged me and every other woman to do the same.

After she claimed her freedom from years of domestic abuse, her life became a clarion call for triumph.”Not only were Turner and Winfrey friends, they almost worked together on screen as cast mates in the 1985 film “The Color Purple.” At a trailer launch for “The Color Purple’s” newest adaptation, prior to Turner’s death, Winfrey said Turner was approached to star in the original film but Turned turned down the role of Shug Avery due to her real-life experiences with domestic abuse. “I remember hearing this from [producer] Quincy Jones years ago, that they had originally gone to Tina Turner in 1985 to ask Tina Turner to play Shug Avery,” Winfrey said, Entertainment Weekly reported.“Tina Turner turned down the role of Shug Avery because she said she’d already lived it with Ike [Turner].

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