# RIP Tina Turner (1939-2023) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death, music\ **Created:** [May 24, 2023, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tina-turner-1939-2023/984532 "2023-05-24T18:50:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tina-turner-1939-2023/984532/21 "2023-05-25T01:00:16Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Her life is remembered in the play _The Tina Turner Musical_. I’d love to see it someday. By sheer coincidence, I have tickets to see that show when it comes around here in August. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tina-turner-1939-2023/984532/22 "2023-05-25T01:56:17Z")
Deargod, check out the photos in this WaPo article (gift link). Stunning. > **[Tina Turner invented power dressing](https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/05/24/tina-turner-fashion/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWJpZCI6IjYyMDc3NTgiLCJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNjg0OTAwODAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNjg2MTk2Nzk5LCJpYXQiOjE2ODQ5MDA4MDAsImp0aSI6ImI1NGQ2MzJlLTY5ODEtNDUyYi1hYWJkLTYxZGQ3OWMzNzEwOSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9saWZlc3R5bGUvMjAyMy8wNS8yNC90aW5hLXR1cm5lci1mYXNoaW9uLyJ9.KB2YSZ-lh3BbqrhEnWIkHt0clhK-o8nyB4H3Og4t_sY&itid=gfta)** > > Tina Turner embodied the freedom of rock-and-roll and R&B — and insisted that sexy clothes could be a show of force. * * * Here’s another article with pics. Gift link. > **[Tina Turner: A Life in Photos](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/24/style/tina-turner-photos.html?unlocked_article_code=2alpbARf6HL0S1eFxxjlL94qDy8R77XL4WczHZgcKxjmHei71VQrJhHdhFTLKjkQHBIHJ3jsd645mBR1esvyOdQgDDBOMYPhc9RYP9THBDscXu3YmeJQ3sz72F51vDhR4ys71lxlM2VtCMwmdeOrKecaiSOksRZpk33GJowTG6pDWeKcGAEeLttG0DLDXT_8q6yLFoGt0jlZOOH3cZpjDEi5Vv5GYbh58MIzSWmDFxVZJvsETqBYjPBMAmUSdoSWhHnmMy_qvnMCxDQDx1HbHJ-NzMl2wvOX-3Wh3fYdNuq_9Vxbl-cppIWXbBNO5YQ0u4PBFyPx0qrnEg&smid=url-share)** > > A performer who leveraged fringe, sequins and sparkles to electrifying effect onstage. ---
**Author:** ![Moonrise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonrise/32/14764_2.png) [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tina-turner-1939-2023/984532/23 "2023-05-25T07:42:03Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > And if you think she was a star in America, look to Europe, where she was an 80s superstar on par with Michael Jackson, Prince or Phil Collins. For sure. _Private Dancer_ came out when I was about 10. **Tina Turner** , along the other singers you’ve mentioned + **Bowie** and **Elton John** were THE stars then. I still absolutely love the title track. Before I heard it, I had never thought that a song could be sexy _and_ sad at the same time. It would have been a great song anyway but, while she didn’t write it, she definitely brought it to the next level. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tina-turner-1939-2023/984532/24 "2023-05-25T08:26:56Z")
You wouldn’t find many performers remembered by a sporting body - [NRL](https://www.nrl.com/news/2023/05/25/simply-the-best-rugby-league-remembers-the-great-tina-turner/). It features a still from [Tina Turner’s iconic 1993 performance](https://www.nrl.com/watch/news/remembering-tina-turners-iconic-1993-performance-1519570/) at the Grand Final. ---
**Author:** ![Cugel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cugel/32/1199_2.png) [@Cugel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cugel)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tina-turner-1939-2023/984532/25 "2023-05-25T09:08:21Z")
Yeah, Tina Turner means footy to me, and nothing else really. ---
**Author:** ![bryanmaguire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@bryanmaguire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bryanmaguire)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tina-turner-1939-2023/984532/26 "2023-05-25T10:06:35Z")
There are two I dont recognise in that photo. Back row, second left, next to mark king. and back row middle between midge ure and joan armatrading. ---
**Author:** ![Toxylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tina-turner-1939-2023/984532/27 "2023-05-25T10:26:19Z")
I think the back row middle guy, with Brian May’esque hair guy is John Illsley, Dire Straits’ bass player. Not sure about the second left. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tina-turner-1939-2023/984532/28 "2023-05-25T10:35:56Z")
> [@Toxylon](#): > > Not sure about the second left. [Ray Cooper?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Cooper) ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tina-turner-1939-2023/984532/29 "2023-05-25T14:00:51Z")
John Fogerty posted a nice tribute to Tina. > ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tina-turner-1939-2023/984532/30 "2023-05-25T14:11:24Z")
> [@bryanmaguire](#): > > There are two I dont recognise in that photo. Back row, second left, next to mark king. and back row middle between midge ure and joan armatrading. > [@Toxylon](#): > > I think the back row middle guy, with Brian May’esque hair guy is John Illsley, Dire Straits’ bass player. Not sure about the second left. > [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Ray Cooper? According to the photo credit shown on the page below: > [@](#): > > From left to right (top row) Mark King of Level 42, Ray Cooper, Bryan Adams, Midge Ure, John Illsley, Joan Armatrading, Paul Young, Rick Parfitt; (middle row) Francis Rossi, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler; (front row) Rod Stewart, Paul McCartney, Tina Turner, Phil Collins, Howard Jones. > **[Prince's Trust All-Star Rock Concert (concert) - The Paul McCartney Project](https://www.the-paulmccartney-project.com/concert/1986-06-20/)** > > From paulmccartney.com: Held at Wembley Arena on 20th June 1986 to mark the first ten years of the Prince’s Trust, this fantastic event saw performances from a... ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tina-turner-1939-2023/984532/31 "2023-05-25T14:30:53Z")
I have never had a celebrity death hit me as hard as Tina Turners passing. I know she has a lot of love coming her way right now. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tina-turner-1939-2023/984532/32 "2023-05-25T14:54:19Z")
Her life was a triumph of the spirit!! 💓 ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tina-turner-1939-2023/984532/33 "2023-05-25T15:21:49Z")
She was an amazing woman. Inspiring and courageous and talented and resilient and so damn amazing! I just loved so much of her music. May she rest in eternal peace and love. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tina-turner-1939-2023/984532/34 "2023-05-25T18:12:25Z")
“Death is listening…and will take the first one that screams.” ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tina-turner-1939-2023/984532/35 "2023-05-25T19:37:13Z")
Yes, I rewatched Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome last night in remeberance of Tina. She was awesome as Aunty (and at whatever she chose to do)! We are all just raggety men in her world. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tina-turner-1939-2023/984532/36 "2023-05-26T02:01:42Z")
I hadn’t realized that she had renounced her American citizenship. Ms. Turner was a strong person who endured, and thrived, in the face of tough adversity. There’s a lot to be learned from that. I hope her final years as a Swiss national were fulfilling, and her passing was peaceful. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tina-turner-1939-2023/984532/37 "2023-05-26T03:08:29Z")
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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tina-turner-1939-2023/984532/39 "2023-05-26T04:12:49Z")
> [@Moonrise](#): > > I still absolutely love the title track. Fun fact; “Private Dancer” was written by Mark Knopfler, the Dire Straits frontman. The hits off that album are, by the standards of the day, pretty conventional 80’s power ballads; aside from Private Dancer, most are written by corporate pop song writers. What makes them classics is TINA TURNER. She just fucking destroys. She fills those songs with a level of vocal technique and feeling that very few humans who ever lived could have. I always liked her duet with Bryan Adams, too, “It’s Only Love.” Again, it’s a pretty standard song, but now she and Adams are terrific. He’s got a weird, distinctive voice; they sound like no one else. It’s phenomenal, so much feeling. She met some German music industry guy in the 80s, and they were happy together the rest of her life. That makes me very happy. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tina-turner-1939-2023/984532/40 "2023-05-26T07:19:17Z")
Every once in a while the universe corrects it’s mistakes and everything works out the way it should. We were all blessed to experience it this time. RIP Tina. Absolutely wonderful the way your life turned out. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tina-turner-1939-2023/984532.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tina-turner-1939-2023/984532.md?page=3)