first began to establish the solo career to have hits that also seemed to communicate her life story, it just gave an added residence, and led people to embrace her even more as those songs hit the charts. the queen of rock n roll, tina turner has died at the age of 83. eric deggans, thank you very much. that does it this hour. our coverage continues with alex witt right now. very good to be with all of you. i m alex witt in for katy tur. we are staying with this story. one of rock n roll s most famous voices has died. tina turner passing away at the age of 83. according to a statement from her spokesperson, just listed this afternoon, she died following a long illness. she was at her home in switzerland. turner s career, of course, spanned more than 60 years ago. she has put out instant hits like river deep, mountain high, she won a told of eight grammy awards, including a lifetime achievement award in 2018. she had a musical on broadway that was done all about h
wonderful way to say it, rev. when you think about her music. i should think that so many in the music world necessarily didn t try to emulate her because, again, she was so incredibly unique with her performance. she was, to your word, iconic. but there have got to be so many that look at her and think, i want to do what she did on my own scale. don t you think that was certainly true within the musical world for the last 30, 40 years? no doubt about it, and some of those that became great, like i said, i would talk with michael jackson about it, who absolutely adored her. i think she gave people in the music world that may have been talented themselves, and certainly i don t know anyone that was more talented than her. she gave them the belief in themselves that they could do something different and have the courage to go ahead and expose their talent their way.
i think that, you know, all of us have read the stories of some of us, as i said, i was close to artists that knew of the allegations of abuse. she talked about it. i think the part of her legacy, aside from her musical genius is overcoming that abuse, not being defined by being a victim. and not being stopped. not only did she overcome it as a woman, she overcame it as an artist. she would not let a man not only brutalize her, but stop her career. so i have two daughters. if there ever was a woman that says not only don t you accept abuse, don t accept people deciding the beginning and end of how your talent can be used. she became bigger than life after that. we cannot only remember her scars, but we can remember how she turned her scars into stars. absolutely, that s a
she was also obviously an incredible dancer and she it s hard to say this in a way that doesn t sound tasteless. she embraced her sexuality in a way that a lot of artists hadn t to that point. on one of the tours that anthony talked about, the rolling stores made a film of that tour, the 1969 tour called give me shelter . in it, that s footage of mick jagger watching footage of tina turner and he basically says something like, isn t it great that there s finally a female performer who s acting like a man. you know, on stage and all that, because she was embracing her sexuality. and you know, at the time, she was having. a very unhappy home life, to put it mildly. being married to ike turner was no day at the beach. but the second chapter of her story, she got with managers and