Tina Turner has been remembered as someone who “enchanted millions of fans around the world and inspired the stars of tomorrow” following her death at the age of 83.
The singer, one of rock’s most famous voices who had hits including Proud Mary and The Best, died at her home in Switzerland on Wednesday after a long illness.
In a career spanning more than 60 years, the American-Swiss singer, who was born Anna Mae Bullock in Nutbush, Tennessee, won eight competitive Grammy Awards and has a star on both the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the St Louis Walk of Fame.
Her publicist Bernard Doherty told the PA news agency that Turner died “peacefully” after a long illness in her home in Kusnacht near Zurich, Switzerland. “With her, the world loses a music legend and a role model,” a statement from Mr Doherty read. “With her music and her inexhaustible vitality, Tina Turner thrilled millions of fans and inspired many artists of subsequent generations. ”The statement added that a private funeral ceremony, attended by close friends and family, would be held and that further press inquiries would not be answered.
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