The entertainment industry continues to mourn Tina Turner’s passing even as her celebrity friends, including Cher, one of her closest friends, celebrate her life and legacy. The 77-year-old singer discussed her closer relationship with Turner in an interview with Ari Melber that aired on MSNBC’s The Beat on May 24.
First of all, Tina, whom Cher frequently visited as her life dwindled, was described by Cher as having “fought this sickness for such a long time and she was so strong as you would think she would be.”. Finally, I recall her once telling me, “I’m truly ready.”. I simply can’t take it any longer”.
Because she wanted Tina to know that she wouldn’t be forgotten and that her legacy would endure forever, Cher chose to spend so much time with her in the days preceding her passing. She added that despite Tina’s illness and subsequent decline in health, she was “having a good time” and relishing life.
2018’s My Love Story, Tina Turner’s autobiography, included a list of her numerous life-threatening illnesses. She had high blood pressure, which ultimately resulted in kidney failure; a stroke, which necessitated that she relearn how to walk; and, in 2016, she was discovered to have intestine cancer.
As a result of her abusive marriage to Ike Turner (the two were wed from 1962 to 1978), Turner also suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Tina quickly ended the relationship in order to start over in search of a better life, and it was during this time that she became close to Cher.
You gained a lot of womanly strength from her. She undoubtedly motivated a lot of young people, but she also occasionally gave me a lot of courage, and I reciprocated in kind. Sincerely, I think we were the best of friends,” Cher said of her friend, who passed away on May 24 from natural causes.
Cher concluded, “She may not have won every battle, but she fought every war. She continued by calling Tina Turner “one of the great artists of our generation” and claiming that “there was no one like her” and “no one who could even come close to what she was”.
Cher and Tina Turner spent many years as close friends, making many memorable moments and laughing in their own special ways. At first glance, Cher could tell she was in the presence of an icon. I felt like the oxygen was kind of being sucked out of the hallway when I first met Tina,” she remarked. ”.
To help Cher remember the life and legacy her friend is leaving behind, Tina Turner gave her a very special gift just before she passed away, as if she needed help remembering. She described the gift as being a set of “Tina Turner shoes,” or her “big high heels. Tina helped increase the appeal of heels throughout the 1980s.
Of course, Cher wasn’t the only well-known figure to pay tribute to Tina Turner over the previous few days. A special period of time has been set aside by the entire entertainment industry to honor the life and legacy of the “Queen of Rock and Roll.”. Her story has inspired millions of people from all walks of life.
Without a doubt, I was aware that she was ill. She told me that she was genuinely ready to leave this world when I first met her in 2019 when I went to see her in the hospital. Oprah Winfrey said after Turner passed away, “I thought that was going to be the last time I saw her.
