Tina Turner, musical superstar whose career spanned five decades, has died at the age of 83. Her death was confirmed to CBS News by her press secretary, Bernard Doherty, on Wednesday afternoon.

Known for hits like “What’s Love Got To Do With It”, Turner has won 12 Grammy Awards in her storied career.

“Tina Turner, the ‘Queen of Rock and Roll’, passed away peacefully today at the age of 83 after a long illness at her home in Küsnacht near Zurich, Switzerland,” Doherty said in a statement. “With her, the world is losing a musical legend and role model.”

He said that Turner would be honored at a private funeral ceremony.

The photo was posted on Turner’s Instagram. announcing her death.

“It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Tina Turner,” the post reads. “With her music and boundless passion for life, she has captivated millions of fans around the world and inspired the stars of tomorrow. Today we say goodbye to a dear friend who leaves us all his greatest work: his music. her family. Tina, we will miss you very much.”

Turner was born Anna Mae Bullock in Nutbush, Tennessee in 1939 and rose to fame in 1960 with a performance of Ike Turner’s Fool in Love. She and Ike Turner would later marry and perform as the Ike & Tina Turner Revue, touring the country performing with a band and female vocalists called the Ikettes.

However, the relationship was abusive, and in 1976 Turner left her husband. Their divorce was finalized in 1978. Ike Turner died in 2007.

Tina Turner had two biological children, Raymond Craig and Ronald Turner. She survived both: her eldest son died by suicide in 2018 and her youngest son died in 2022. She also adopted two sons, Ike Turner, from previous relationships.

In 2013, she married German music director Erwin Bach. after 27 years of dating.

She continued to perform professionally until 2009. During her long career, she has released 10 studio albums, written dozens of hits and sold over 180 million albums worldwide, making her one of the most successful female artists in the world. all the time.

Turner told CBS News in 1984 that she initially struggled to break into the rock and roll genre because of her race.

“It was very hard for me because I am black. In America, radio programmers don’t program you as black as rock and roll. You are R&B,” she said. “This is something people don’t know about. The prince just broke in and said, “I am,” and you accept me. Of course he had to make changes… like a guy. But I had to prove it over the years. It’s the part about being a woman and being black.”

Turner’s longtime manager Roger Davis said in a statement that Turner was “a unique and wonderful force of nature with her strength, incredible energy and tremendous talent.”

“From the first day I met her in 1980, she completely believed in herself, which few people did at the time,” Davis said. “It has been a privilege and honor for me to be a close friend as well as her manager for over 30 years. I will miss her very much.”

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In a rare interview, twin brothers Ashton and Michael Kutcher opened up about both their connection and their split.

The couple appeared in the new Paramount+ series. “Doctor’s examination. David Agus.

Agus, Ashton Kutcher’s doctor, spoke to the actor for the first time about his struggle with autoimmune vasculitis.

He later sat down with his brothers to talk about Michael Kutcher, who had cerebral palsy, and the moment he nearly died as a child after contracting viral myocarditis, which caused his heart to enlarge and fail.

Both brothers became worried about Michael’s cardiac arrest when Ashton visited him in the intensive care unit.

“I walk into a room and I’m like, ‘Wow,'” Ashton Kutcher said, holding back tears. “I’m like… ‘Everything’s not okay.’ And he stands straight in the room, and I know that because of this noise now I sometimes visit.

He said he thought about jumping off the balcony to help his brother, since his heart would fit. Michael Kutcher received a donor heart 24 hours later.

He later had to undergo open-heart surgery after a blood clot was discovered. Meanwhile, Ashton Kutcher’s career as a model and actor took off, and he said he felt guilty.

The “That ’70s Show” star said he was wondering, “How can I be this lucky?”

“For my brother… to be born with cerebral palsy, then get a heart transplant, then get this accidental blood clot, all these things that you say, “Who has to go through this?” he said.

According to him, in the end, Michael Kutcher called him.

“He looked at me and said: “Every time you feel sorry for me, you make me worse,” said Ashton Kutcher. “He said, ‘This is the only life I’ve ever known, so stop feeling sorry for the only thing I have.’ And that then led to a complete shift back to where I think we are today, which is equality again.”

Michael Kutcher told Agus that the brothers separated due to jealousy on his part after his brother’s name became a “household name”.

“There was a point where I thought he was getting more attention than me,” said Michael Kutcher. “It got me to the point where I became jealous.”

The brothers discussed it, Michael Kutcher said, adding, “And once I took all the fame and all of it, I was able to just, you know, go back to it.”

They also had a problem after the actor publicly stated that his brother had cerebral palsy, which Michael Kutcher did not share. Ashton Kutcher said during an interview that he didn’t know his brother kept it a secret.

Michael Kutcher is now an advocate for the disabled.