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
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