Angela Bassett bid an emotional farewell Wednesday to music icon Tina Turner, who helped the actor land her first Oscar nomination in 1994.
Hours after news broke that Turner had died after a long illness at age 83, Bassett paid tribute on social media to the "Proud Mary" and "It's Only Love" hit-maker.
"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?" Bassett wrote on Instagram. "Through her courage in telling her story, her commitment to stay the course in her life, no matter the sacrifice, and her determination to carve out a space in rock and roll for herself and for others who look like her, Tina Turner showed others who lived in fear what a beautiful future filled with love, compassion, and freedom should look like."
