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Tina Turner Online Memorial: Forever Loved and Remembered

Memorial portrait of Tina Turner

In Loving Memory of Tina Turner

American-born Swiss singer and songwriter

26 Nov 1939 24 May 2023

A voice of fire, courage, and renewal whose music helped generations stand taller.

Tina Turner's Birth Location

Brownsville

Tina Turner's Burial Location

Resting place not publicly disclosed

Tina Turner's Death Location

Küsnacht

Tina’s A Life Heard Around the World

From the earliest musical beginnings to the songs, performances and human connections that shaped an enduring legacy

The Sounds That Shaped a Young Life for Tina

The Sounds That Shaped a Young Life for Tina

Songs such as "A Fool in Love," "Proud Mary," and her own "Nutbush City Limits" made her one of the most commanding live performers of her era.

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Finding an Unmistakable Voice for Tina

Finding an Unmistakable Voice for Tina

After leaving an abusive marriage and professional partnership with Ike Turner, Tina rebuilt her life and career on her own terms.

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The Work That Reached the World for Tina

The Work That Reached the World for Tina

Her 1984 album "Private Dancer" became a worldwide triumph, and "What's Love Got to Do with It" gave her a defining solo anthem.

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Craft Behind the Public Success for Tina

Craft Behind the Public Success for Tina

She followed it with major tours, film roles, bestselling memoirs, and a public story of survival that became as influential as the music itself.

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Life Beyond the Stage for Tina

Life Beyond the Stage for Tina

Known widely as the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll, Tina Turner received multiple Grammy Awards, a Kennedy Center Honor, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and two Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductions: first with Ike Turner in 1991 and again as a solo performer in 2021.

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Trials Met Along the Way for Tina

Trials Met Along the Way for Tina

In later life she made Switzerland her home with her husband Erwin Bach.

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Condolence Book: Your Words for Tina

Share a memory, a message of love or words of comfort with everyone who holds Tina close.

Volume of Memories

In Loving Memory of Tina Turner

“Those we love don't go away, they walk beside us every day.”

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Tina Turner In Rhythm, Performance and Reflection

Photographs preserving the artist at work, the person beyond the stage and the moments audiences continue to hold close

Tina Turner remembered in a defining public moment

Tina: A Defining Public Moment

A carefully preserved image from Tina Turner’s life and public story.

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Voices That Remember Tina

Family, collaborators and listeners reflect on the voice, character and creative spirit they remember

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The Life Story ofTina Turner

Tina’s Story, Held Close

The beginnings, relationships, creative choices and defining work behind a life that continues to resonate

Chapter 1

Tina’s Where the Music First Began

Tina Turner was born Anna Mae Bullock on November 26, 1939, in Brownsville, Tennessee, and grew up in the rural community of Nutbush. Louis, she entered the local rhythm-and-blues scene and became the electrifying center of the Ike and Tina Turner Revue.

Tina’s Where the Music First Began — a photograph from Tina Turner Memorial
Chapter 2

The Sounds That Shaped a Young Life for Tina

Songs such as "A Fool in Love," "Proud Mary," and her own "Nutbush City Limits" made her one of the most commanding live performers of her era.

The Sounds That Shaped a Young Life for Tina — a photograph from Tina Turner Memorial
Chapter 3

Finding an Unmistakable Voice for Tina

After leaving an abusive marriage and professional partnership with Ike Turner, Tina rebuilt her life and career on her own terms.

Finding an Unmistakable Voice for Tina — a photograph from Tina Turner Memorial
Chapter 4

The Work That Reached the World for Tina

Her 1984 album "Private Dancer" became a worldwide triumph, and "What's Love Got to Do with It" gave her a defining solo anthem.

The Work That Reached the World for Tina — a photograph from Tina Turner Memorial
Chapter 5

Craft Behind the Public Success for Tina

She followed it with major tours, film roles, bestselling memoirs, and a public story of survival that became as influential as the music itself.

Craft Behind the Public Success for Tina — a photograph from Tina Turner Memorial
Chapter 6

Life Beyond the Stage for Tina

Known widely as the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll, Tina Turner received multiple Grammy Awards, a Kennedy Center Honor, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and two Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductions: first with Ike Turner in 1991 and again as a solo performer in 2021.

Life Beyond the Stage for Tina — a photograph from Tina Turner Memorial
Chapter 7

Trials Met Along the Way for Tina

In later life she made Switzerland her home with her husband Erwin Bach.

Trials Met Along the Way for Tina — a photograph from Tina Turner Memorial
Chapter 8

The Music and Memory That Remain for Tina

She died in Kusnacht, Switzerland, on May 24, 2023, leaving a legacy of artistic force, resilience, style, and hard-won freedom.

The Music and Memory That Remain for Tina — a photograph from Tina Turner Memorial

The People at the Heart of Tina’s Life

The family relationships and generations that belong to Tina’s story.

The Partners Who Shared Tina’s Life

Ike Turner and Tina Turner together in a 1974 publicity photograph

Ike Turner

former spouse and musical partner

Ike Turner is publicly documented as former spouse and musical partner within Tina Turner’s family story.

Ike Turner is publicly documented as former spouse and musical partner within Tina Turner’s family story.
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Erwin Bach

spouse or partner

Erwin Bach is publicly documented as spouse or partner within Tina Turner’s family story.

Erwin Bach is publicly documented as spouse or partner within Tina Turner’s family story.
Tina Turner memorial photograph

Beyond the Public Story: Remembering Tina

A more intimate visual remembrance of the warmth, humour and humanity that existed beyond public performance

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