Tina Turner, Known As The ‘Queen Of Rock ‘N’ Roll,’ Dies At 83

Legendary singer Tina Turner, known for her explosive energy and unforgettable live performances, has died at 83.

The “Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll” peacefully passed after a long illness in her home in Küsnacht near Zurich, Switzerland, her U.K,-based publicist, Bernard Doherty, announced on Wednesday.

“With her, the world loses a music legend and a role model,” Doherty wrote in a statement but did not provide a cause of death.

Turner had reportedly suffered a stroke in recent years and was suffering from kidney disease and other illnesses.

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“It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Tina Turner,” a statement on Turner’s official Facebook page read, confirming her death. “With her music and her boundless passion for life, she enchanted millions of fans around the world and inspired the stars of tomorrow. Today, we say goodbye to a dear friend who leaves us all her greatest work: her music. All our heartfelt compassion goes out to her family. Tina, we will miss you dearly.”

After leaving a hardscrabble farming community in Nutbush, Tennessee, Turner first embarked on her career as a top recording artist in the late 1950s after she met Ike Turner and began singing with him and his band while she was still in high school in St. Louis, Missouri. She initially joined the band, the Kings of Rhythm, as an occasional performer, but she quickly took the lead, and the band was renamed the Ike and Tina Turner Revue.

Her relationship with Turner quickly developed, with their son Ronnie being born in 1960, and the couple later marrying in 1962. Despite the relationship quickly turning abusive, with Ike physically abusing her from almost the very start of their marriage, they shared a string of R&B and rock ‘n’ roll hits throughout the 1960s and early 70s before Turner left him in a Dallas hotel room in 1976 with “a quarter, a dime and a penny” in her pocket.

After managing to escape the abusive relationship, Turner’s solo career was off to a rocky start, before she made an incredible comeback with her 1984 multiplatinum album Private Dancer and its number-one hit “What’s Love Got to Do With It,” which won three Grammys for record of the year, song of the year and best female pop vocal performance. Another one of her songs, “Better Be Good To Me,” also won best female rock vocal performance.

Her legendary performances and powerfully gritty vocals quickly earned her the nickname “Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” as she became one of her era’s most acclaimed female artists.

“My music doesn’t sound dated; it’s still standing strong,” Turner once said in a 2008 interview with The Daily Mail. “Like me.”