The world has lost one of rock and roll's most famous voices as it was announced that Tina Turner has died at the age of 83. The legendary singer, who had hits including Proud Mary and The Best, passed away after a long illness, her publicist Bernard Doherty confirmed.
In a career spanning over 60 years, the American-Swiss singer, who was born Anna Mae Bullock in Nutbush, Tennessee, won eight competitive Grammy Awards including record of the year for What's Love Got To Do With It She also received three Grammy Hall of Fame Awards and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, giving her a total of 12 Grammys.
Tina, widely referred to as the Queen of Rock and Roll, has a star on both the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the St Louis Walk of Fame. Her autobiography, I, Tina, was turned into the 1993 film What's Love Got To Do With It, dramatising the mother-of-two's famously turbulent relationship with Ike Turner and it also saw Angela Bassett nominated for an Oscar for her performance as Tina in the biopic.
