Tina Turner is sadly extremely unwell. She has also returned to the United States for the last time to bid farewell.
The Broadway debut of Tina & The Tina Turner Musical brought Tina and her husband Erwin Bach back to America, the nation whose citizenship she voluntarily renounced, for the first time in years.
Additionally, it will be the last time they visit this location.
She decided to greet and thank her supporters on this particular day.
Tina was born Anna Mae Bullock, and as a young girl, she worked picking cotton in the fields near Natbus, Tennessee. Tina’s upbringing was marked by suffering, deprivation, and cruelty.
IN HIS EARLY YEARS, HIS PARENTS ABANDONED HER
“Mum wasn’t kind,” stated Tina. She was delighted when I got famous since I had given her a house. She was my mother, so I did everything for her.
I made an effort to make her feel at ease because she was alone and didn’t have a husband, but I still didn’t like her.
After they met in a St. Louis nightclub in 1962, Tina Turner’s marriage to Ike Turner, whose Rhythm and Blues Band would later become the Ike & Tina Turner Revue, may have been influenced by this childhood abuse.
We are aware of what transpired before she met and wed Ike Turner.
Fame, money, as well as daily emotional, mental, and physical health
That was sufficient following the violent coup in 1976.
Along with the divorce proceedings, she decided to take back control.
Despite everything she endured with Ike, she discovered that Erwin, a German-born music producer, was the complete opposite of who she was.
He was kind.
He cherished it.
“He was unique. So tranquil. Such comfort. When she first met her husband-to-be, German music producer Erwin Bach, 27 years ago at an airport, Turner remarked, “He seemed very humble. “I genuinely required love. All I had to do was adore the individual.
According to Bach (65), their attraction is more than just a spark.
“I always call it an electric charge,” Bach said in the document. “It’s love & it’s something we both have for each other.” “I still have that… I still have that feeling. on my inside.
She surrendered her American citizenship at the time of their 2013 wedding, despite having lived in Switzerland for more than 20 years and having been side by side since 1985.
And not three weeks after their wedding, she suffered a stroke that rendered her mute.
Every minute of every day, Erwin was there to aid in her recovery—until she was able to speak and sing once more.
Her colon cancer was discovered in 2016.
His colon’s malignant portion was removed by doctors.
Every day Erwin attended.
After years of taking homeopathic medications for high blood pressure, it resulted in renal failure in 2017.
What did Erwin do to show his love for the woman?
He gave one of his kidneys away, which was beautiful much like their relationship.
In her 2017 biography, Turner Turner: My Love Story, she stated, “I know my medical adventure is not over.” We’re both still here, closer than we ever thought, and that’s a reason to celebrate, she continued, adding that “there’s always another test, another doctor’s appointment, or biopsy to go through.”
She joined the Swiss organization for the right to die, Ekit, which provides medical assistance for dying.
“I couldn’t eat,” she said in her book three years ago. “It wasn’t my notion of life, but the toxins in my body started to get to me. I did not live, but I did survive. I started to consider wrongful death. I could accept that it was acceptable if my kidneys failed and it was time to pass away. When the time comes, the time comes.
She appreciates having the freedom to make decisions on her terms and at her own pace.
The knowledge that she has such a group to turn to provides her comfort.
(Three years ago, I went to Switzerland to be with a beloved friend who had progressing multiple sclerosis and had decided to die in a dignified manner. She was glad to get the chance and was using Dignitas.)
2019 saw her 59-year-old son Craig commit suicide while still in recovery.
She thinks she was killed by loneliness.
Just a few weeks after Craig passed away last year, Turner described her initial shock at the news in an interview with Oprah Winfrey. “At first, I didn’t think it was true because Craig had just recently told me, ‘Mom, I’m really happy now.’ He had recently renovated his flat and had a new woman in his life, Turner recalled. But he said, “I simply want to hear your voice and that laugh,’ during our most recent discussion.
Buddhism holds that you keep coming back to Earth and living until you are correct. I think he’ll have an easier life in the future,” she said. “I believe he is doing well,”
My most depressing time as a mother. When I gathered with family and friends to scatter my son Craig Raymond Turner’s ashes off the California coast on Thursday, July 19, 2018, I said my final goodbyes to him. He was 59 years old when he tragically died away, but he will always be my baby.
TinaTurner (@tinaturner) posted on July 27th, 2018.
My saddest moment as a mother. On Thursday, July 19 2018, I said my final goodbye to my son, Craig Raymond Turner, when I gathered with family and friends to scatter his ashes off the coast of California. He was fifty-nine when he died so tragically, but he will always be my baby pic.twitter.com/XzZQCdz8tl
— TinaTurner (@tinaturner) July 27, 2018
“Fifty years ago, I was so depressed that I overdosed on sleeping pills to kill myself.”
She also says that Buddhism saved her life.
In her new book, Happiness Becomes You: A Guide to Changing Your Life for the Better, Tina Turner illuminates her journey to inner peace by describing how her Buddhist practices helped her get through the most trying times of her life.
In an extract published by People, Turner says, “I truly believe that age is just a number and I have never let age get in my way.” Not at 42 when some claimed I was past rock star age. not now, at the age of 80, when the book I’ve wanted to write for years is at last in your hands. Even though I’m over 80, I still feel that I haven’t “made it” because I keep pushing myself to develop, step beyond my comfort zone, better my life, and help others.
She was fortunately rushed to the hospital, where she made a full recovery. A few others soon after advised me to try chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo and learn Buddhist precepts, she continued.
“I found the philosophy to be valuable and it made perfect sense to me when I learned more about it. My life was saved by Buddhism, and for the past 50 years, I have been chanting joyfully every day.
Tina and Erwin are currently visiting New York for the next two weeks.
Erwin is 65 years old, and she is 81 years old with numerous health issues.
Erwin recalled: “She said, “I’m going to America to say farewell to my American admirers and I’m going to complete it. And I believe that this documentary and the show have reached their conclusion.
It wasn’t a good life, according to Tina. The positive didn’t outweigh the negative, she claimed. There is no other way to describe my life but to say that it has been brutal. The truth is that. It is real. You must accept this since it is what you have.
We all possess the capacity for unshakable happiness, and I think we already possess all we require for happiness. All we have to do is touch it. A delighted existence, in my opinion, entails having optimism and confidence no matter what challenges we may encounter since we are aware that our inner guidance may help us to make wise choices.
We always have a choice, even if it seems insignificant, like choosing to be thankful for a special memory or to think more favorably
Her story serves as a powerful reminder of the importance of perseverance, self-love, and surrounding oneself with love and support.