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Tina Turner: a life in pictures

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A Fool in Love’ made her a star. She became the lead singer of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue; Ike changed her name to Tina and their relationship, which had begun platonically, turned up a gear.

The pair married in 1962. Their marriage was tumultuous even before it started – Tina reportedly didn’t even know the ceremony was happening until the day itself.

Years later, she revealed she had been given little choice in the matter. "When Ike asked me to marry him, I knew it was for a reason”, she told CBS. “I had to say yes, I knew, or it was going to be a fight".

Ike was notoriously abusive towards Tina throughout the union. They remained married for 16 years, but Tina ultimately fled the relationship and was granted a divorce in 1978.

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