When Tina Turner died at age 83, I found myself drifting back to the fourth grade, to the day I truly discovered her voice.
FILE - Tina Turner performs in a concert in Cologne, Germany on Jan. 14, 2009. Turner, the unstoppable singer and stage performer, died Tuesday, after a long illness at her home in Küsnacht near Zurich, Switzerland, according to her manager. She was 83. , I found myself drifting back to the fourth grade, to the day I truly discovered her voice.
“Who was this magnificent woman?” I thought as the lyrics of the song “I Might Have Been Queen ,” flowed through the headphones of my Walkman. “What had she been through?” That night was also a moment of personal awakening. It wasn’t just an incredible performance from a Grammy winner and ; it was the crowd of thousands of fans of all ages, bigger and more diverse than any a young teen from a small, Southern town had ever seen. The fans were Black, white and even hapa Hawaiians like us. Some were gay. Some were straight. I bet there were also both Republicans and Democrats, singing and twirling together in harmony to “Proud Mary.
As a mega-fan enamored by Tina the artist, I have also had to come to grips with the jolting reality of Tina the woman — a real flesh and blood person who had a violent upbringing in a home with fighting parents and later endured the physical abuse of her own husband.
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Essay: A mega-fan's appreciation for Tina Turner's limitless energy and lessons of survivalAdam Kealoha Causey was just 10 years old the first time he truly heard Tina Turner's voice. As The Associated Press writer notes in an essay, the moment was transforming. He would go on to become a mega-fan, accompanying and later bringing his parents to several of her rollicking live concerts. And he would also come to deeply appreciate the Grammy winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer's lasting endurance not only as an artist but as a brave and outspoken survivor of domestic violence. When he heard of Turner's death at 83, Causey decided it was time to repay the gift she had given him with some appreciative words of his own.
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Essay: A mega-fan's appreciation for Tina Turner's limitless energy and lessons of survival“Who was this magnificent woman?” I thought as the lyrics of the song “I Might Have Been Queen (Soul Survivor),” flowed through the headphones of my Walkman. “What had she been through?”
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ESSAY: A mega-fan's appreciation for Tina Turner's limitless energy and lessons of survivalAdam Kealoha Causey was just 10 years old the first time he truly heard Tina Turner's voice.
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Country legend Dolly Parton remembers Tina Turner: 'Roll on Tina'The queen of country music Dolly Parton is paying tribute to the late Tina Turner.
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Oprah Winfrey once wore a Tina Turner-inspired wig ‘at all times,’ even while sleepingThe former talk show host traveled around the country during the singer’s 1997 “Wildest Dreams” tour, wearing a hairpiece to look like the rock star.
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Tina Turner Cause of Death RevealedTina Turner died on May 24 in her home in Küsnach a town near Zurich, Switzerland, where she was awarded citizenship back in 2013.
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