Violent husband and illness Tina Turner's eventful life
Tina Turner earned her place in the music Olympus. But the Swiss by choice also experienced traumatic experiences. The injuries inflicted on her by her first husband Ike haunted her throughout her life.
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- Tina Turner died at the age of 83 in her home in Küsnacht ZH.
- A brutal husband, the death of her sons, kidney disease: the rock legend had an eventful life.
- The artist's death was announced on Tina Turner's Instagram account.
Tina Turner did not have an easy life. As well as being abused by her ex-husband Ike, Turner also had a mother who abandoned her and only reappeared when her daughter was famous. Things only got better later, as a documentary about her life showed in 2021.
Tina Turner's brutal marriage to Ike
Ike was a brutal husband. "Split lips, black eyes, dislocated joints, broken bones and mental anguish became a part of everyday life", wrote Tina Turner in her 2020 book "Happiness Becomes You: A Guide To Changing Your Life For Good".
The two met in 1958 and married four years later. In 1976, Tina Turner left her husband and filed for divorce. In the documentary "Tina", the then 81-year-old said that she was still struggling with the memories of these brutal experiences.
In order to get the divorce over with quickly, she gave up all financial claims. Tina Turner started again at almost 40, with only a few cents in her pocket and as a single mother of two sons. At first she sang and danced in clubs and hotels. She cleaned wherever she could and said: "Better someone else's cleaning lady than Ike Turner's wife!"
Tina Turner's sons died before her
Turner's son Craig from a teenage relationship died by suicide in 2018 at the age of 59. Her second biological son from her marriage to Ike Turner, Ronnie Turner, also died in 2022 at the age of 62. The singer had also adopted two boys that Ike had brought into the marriage.
Tina Turner's kidney disease
Last March, Tina Turner spoke about her years of kidney disease on the website "showyourkidneyslove.com". Her husband Erwin Bach finally donated one of his kidneys to his wife in 2017 - saving the musician's life.
"I put myself in great danger," said the rock and roll legend at the time. She didn't want to accept that she would need medication for the rest of her life. "For far too long, I thought my body was invulnerable."
Tina Turner was also legendary as an actress:
