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1939 – 2023Tina TurnerQueen of Rock 'n' RollAmerican-born singer, songwriter and actress widely known as the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll. She rose to fame in the 1960s as part of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue, then rebuilt her career as a solo artist in her forties with the landmark album Private Dancer (1984). She won twelve Grammy Awards, sold over 100 million records worldwide, and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame twice.
2023Tina Turner dies in SwitzerlandDied peacefully at her home in Küsnacht near Zurich, Switzerland, at the age of 83, after a long illness. She had suffered a stroke in 2013, intestinal cancer in 2016, and undergone a kidney transplant in 2017.