Simply the best: Tina Turner a life in music [Photos]

The Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s Life in Pictures

MAY 25, 2023 1:41 PM EDTMAY 25, 2023, 1:41 PM EDT

Celebrities, fans and personalities from all over the world have reacted to the death of Tina Turner. The Rock n’ Roll icon was an 8-time Grammy Award winner and a total legend.

News of the rockstar’s death was confirmed by her publicist on May 24. “Tina Turner, the ‘Queen of Rock’n Roll’ has died peacefully today at the age of 83 after a long illness in her home in Küsnacht near Zurich, Switzerland,” the statement read.

“How do we say farewell to a woman who owned her pain and trauma and used it as a means to help change the world?” Angela Bassett, who played Turner in the 1993 biopic “What’s Love Got to Do With It,” said in a statement.

These are some of the Queen Rock ‘n’ Roll’s iconic moments in Pictures.

Ike & Tina Turner Portrait

A 1965 promotional portrait of Husband-and-wife R&B duo, Ike & Tina Turner. Ike is holding an acoustic guitar.

Tina Turner At The Greek Theatre

Tina Turner of the husband-and-wife R&B duo Ike & Tina Turner performs onstage at the Greek Theatre on September 28, 1971 in Los Angeles, California.

Tina Turner Wembley

Tina Turner live on stage at Wembley 1990

Music File Photos 1980\'s

4 Grammy Awards 1985 Los Angeles here with Lionel Richie and his award

Ike and Tina Turner and the Ikettes

Ike and Tina Turner and the Ikettes (L-R: Marcy Thomas, Yolanda Goodwin, Tina Turner) rehearse one of their musical numbers during the videotaping of Soul Train episode 124, aired 1/18/1975.