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Demovictory9

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Tue Mar 16, 2021, 03:14 PM Mar 2021

Tina Turner says goodbye to fans with doc amid PTSD, stroke, cancer [View all]

Tina Turner bids a final farewell to her fans in a touching new film that shows how she has overcome her painful past and finally found happiness.

In the feature-length documentary, simply titled “Tina,” the singer looks back on camera for the first time at her younger years filled with struggle and pain, then the true love and global fame she found as a middle-aged woman.

Now 81 and plagued by ill health, including a stroke and cancer, the soul and rock music legend also suffered kidney failure which led to a transplant in 2017.

In the film she tells how she wants to enter the third and final chapter of her life out of the spotlight, and it is revealed that she has a form of post-traumatic stress disorder from the domestic abuse she suffered at the hands of her first husband and music partner, Ike Turner.

https://nypost.com/2021/03/16/tina-turner-says-goodbye-to-fans-with-doc-amid-ptsd-stroke-cancer/

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So sad to hear of her illnesses and how life is coming to a close. Vinca Mar 2021 #1
My thoughts exactly. I've long admired & adored her. May she live out her life happy & as free hlthe2b Mar 2021 #4
I saw TT in Stuttgart on her Private Dancer tour in '83. bluedigger Mar 2021 #2
I saw that tour too Blue_playwright Mar 2021 #7
I Saw Elton John And Joan Baez In Mannheim In 1983 COL Mustard Mar 2021 #10
I saw her at Notre Dame LittleGirl Mar 2021 #14
I got to see that tour, too! AwakeAtLast Mar 2021 #27
I saw that tour too, she was glorious!! BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2021 #47
I can tell you that the trauma from a long-term abusive relationship can last CousinIT Mar 2021 #3
Sometimes.... Sophiegirl Mar 2021 #11
Well put, Sophie PlanetBev Mar 2021 #23
Really sorry to hear you endured that. lindysalsagal Mar 2021 #24
+1 live love laugh Mar 2021 #37
If there is any upside to this Covid nightmare 2Gingersnaps Mar 2021 #42
Same here! I feel ya! BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2021 #48
I have not seen the book Sophiegirl Mar 2021 #52
By Pete Walker. He's online too. BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2021 #54
The wounds may heal but the scars remain dlk Mar 2021 #45
💫🕯💫 blm Mar 2021 #5
I'm a huge fan Mickju Mar 2021 #6
Bluedigger, I agree 100%! Magnificent! Gamecock Lefty Mar 2021 #8
I got to see Tina perform at the University of Washington right before "Private Dancer" came out. OMGWTF Mar 2021 #9
Dear ?Tina, thank you for the music and inspiration. May your days be filled with peace and joy. niyad Mar 2021 #12
Tina is a a talented shining star! dlk Mar 2021 #13
i did not know her husband gave her a kidney malaise Mar 2021 #15
Tina AverageOldGuy Mar 2021 #16
She will always be amazing. I wish her well and many thanks for the greatness Tina! You're awesome. Evolve Dammit Mar 2021 #17
Im happy for her; glad to see after all that she went thru she is still "rolling on the river" patphil Mar 2021 #18
OH! Thanks, I so love this performance!! No one else but Tina can do this song!! BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2021 #49
She's a dear lady. lpbk2713 Mar 2021 #19
I will weep when she leaves us... NurseJackie Mar 2021 #20
I once read that when she left Ike 2Gingersnaps Mar 2021 #43
A hell of a woman! Hulk Mar 2021 #21
God bless her Catherine Vincent Mar 2021 #22
The mention of her name fills my head with her music Stinky The Clown Mar 2021 #25
A legendary artist and great person nt BootinUp Mar 2021 #26
Tina Turner - We Don't Need Another Hero 2009 keithbvadu2 Mar 2021 #28
THAT is a performer! colorado_ufo Mar 2021 #31
That was incredible! llmart Mar 2021 #34
Classic, Historic NY Mar 2021 #40
Thank you Ms. Turner. nt ZonkerHarris Mar 2021 #29
What a remarkable, talented woman. gademocrat7 Mar 2021 #30
I had the good fortune to interview her when I was still working. calimary Mar 2021 #53
I love Tina ❤️ this is such sad news Raine Mar 2021 #32
I saw her in 1969 with Ike. She was on a revolving stage and wore a fishnet skirt. I've never seen a jalan48 Mar 2021 #33
Incredible performer . . . incredible woman . . . incredible human being . . . OneBlueSky Mar 2021 #35
Very sad news nightwing1240 Mar 2021 #36
Ike & Tina Turner Review 1971: Advrider28 Mar 2021 #38
She had the million dollar gams.... Historic NY Mar 2021 #39
she's so hot, and those legs....... Hotler Mar 2021 #41
I'm quite saddened to learn of this. BobTheSubgenius Mar 2021 #44
Looking back, Tina reflects: "It wasn't a good life. The good did janterry Mar 2021 #46
Now that is heartbreaking. BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2021 #50
that's what I thought, too janterry Mar 2021 #51
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