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Highlights from Tina Turner’s iconic career

Turner died Tuesday after a long illness in her home in Kūsnacht near Zurich, Switzerland. She was 83.

By Associated Press and Invision

May 24, 2023

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Tina Turner performs her current hit song "What's Love Got to Do With It" in Los Angeles on Sept. 2, 1984.
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Tina turner poses with her award backstage at the 12th annual American Music Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, Calif., Jan. 28, 1985. Turner won Favorite Female Artist and Favorite Female Video Artist trophies in the Soul/R&B categories.
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Tina Turner, left, and Lionel Richie pose with a total of five awards between them, at the Grammy Awards show in Los Angeles on Feb. 27, 1985.
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Tina Turner holds up a Grammy Award, Feb. 27, 1985, in Los Angeles.
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Singer Tina Turner, left, and Mick Jagger perform together during Live-Aid concert on July 14, 1985, in Philadelphia.
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Tina Turner performs at New York's Madison Square Garden on Aug. 1, 1985.
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Tina Turner poses with her plaque and a bouquet of roses near her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame during the unveiling ceremony of Aug. 28, 1986 in Los Angeles.
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Singer Tina Turner dances the samba with traditional carnival dancers in the streets of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Dec. 30, 1987.
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Rock and roll singer Tina Turner, right, performs with Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame awards ceremony in New York City, Jan. 18, 1989.
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Tina Turner sings at the Rock and Roll awards in New York, Wednesday night, Jan. 18, 1989.
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Rolling Stones' guitarist Keith Richards, singer Tina Turner, guitarist Jeff Healy, guitarist Eric Clapton and guitarist Waddy Wachtel, from right to left, perform while taking part in an all-star jam to close the first International Rock Awards ceremony in New York City, Wednesday night, May 31, 1989.
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Tina Turner, center, is accompanied by musicians Brian Adams, far left, George Michael, wearing glasses, and Sting, far right on bass, during the Fourth Annual Rainforest Foundation benefit concert at New York's Carnegie Hall, Tuesday, March 2, 1993.
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Tina Turner, left, receives an Outstanding Contribution to Music award from American actor Michael Douglas during the World Music Awards in Monte Carlo, France, May 13, 1993.
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Tina Turner and Mick Jagger perform at the Live Aid concert Saturday night in Philadelphia on July 13, 1995.
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Singer Tina Turner arrives at the White House for the Kennedy Center Honors Gala on Dec. 4, 2005, in Washington.
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President Bush, right, and first lady Laura Bush, center, stand with singer Tina Turner at the Kennedy Center Honors Gala on Dec. 4, 2005 in Washington.
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Beyonce, left, and Tina Turner perform at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008, in Los Angeles.
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Tina Turner performs in a concert in Cologne, Germany on Jan. 14, 2009.
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Tina Turner performs on stage, during a concert at the O2 Arena, in London on March 3, 2009.
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In this Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017 file photo, musician Tina Turner, left, poses for photographers with actress Adrienne Warren, who plays Tina Turner, during a photo call to promote the launch of the musical 'Tina', in London.
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Singer Tina Turner, center, takes a bow during the curtain call with actors Daniel J. Watts, left, and Adrienne Warren on the opening night of "Tina – The Tina Turner Musical" on Nov. 7, 2019, in New York.

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