Singer Tina Turner, rock legend, died at 83

Singer Tina Turner died this Wednesday at the age of 83. The artist would die at her home in Küsnacht, near Zurich, Switzerland. “The world loses with her a musical legend and a role model,” reads the press release of the artist’s spokesperson, who was ill for a long time.

Considered one of the greatest female rock artists of recent times, her career began in 1950. It was around this time that the musical landscape of the rock and roll industry evolved into the MTV phenomenon.

In the music video of his song What does love have to do with itit was at the top of the chartsin which she called love a “second-hand emotion,” Turner embodied 1980s style as she strutted the streets of New York with her spiky blonde hair.

Anna Mae Bullock, as her real name was, was born in Bronwsville (USA) in 1939, and in her more than 60-year-long musical career, she managed to sell more than 200 million records, According to the numbers from his opener, thanks to solo hits and his stage with Ike Turner such as “Proud Mary”, “River Deep, Mountaing High” or “What’s Love Got To Do With It”.

Last year, he published “Happiness Is Born of You,” a memoir intended as a “spiritual guide” to self-improvement through the practice of Buddhist teachings. “The most valuable help comes from within, and peace comes when people strive to become the best versions of themselves. I started this business in my thirties, when I discovered the transformative power of spirituality“, the singer writes in the introduction.

In the book, the singer told “her process of personal development and transformation”, and at the same time recounted her memories and revealed the details of “a life full of obstacles in which she had to overcome an unhappy childhood, abandonment, abusive marriage, stalled career, financial ruin, illness or untimely death of very close relatives.

“His inner strength and Buddhism were his path to happiness,” the publisher of this book points out as a mantra that tries to explain “how we can all transform our lives and overcome the obstacles that stand in our way.”