Cancer, kidney failure and stroke: illnesses that marked Tina Turner’s final years and led her to consider euthanasia

He died this Wednesday Tina Turner at the age of 83. The so-called queen Rock and roll He breathed his last at his home in Kusnacht, Switzerland, after a long battle with illness.

Tina Turner, the ‘Queen of Rock and Roll’, has died at the age of 83

Although the media did not state the exact reason that led to the death of the artist, she fought against several diseases that repeatedly put their health and life at risk, such as stroke, cancer and kidney failure.

The stroke happened in 2013, three weeks after her wedding with Erwin Bachthis led her to learn to walk again.

She was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2016, which led her to a severe physical and mental decline. A year later, she was diagnosed with kidney failure, for which she underwent a transplant in 2017.

In his autobiography my love story She admitted that this disease made her think about euthanasia, in fact, she signed up for the list of an organization in Switzerland that supports this type of procedure.

She gave up assisted suicide out of love for her husband. “My husband told me that he doesn’t want to lose me, that he doesn’t want any other woman, or any other life,” write in your memoirs.

“He said that we are very happy and that he will do everything to stay together. Then he told me that he would give me one of his kidneys. His generosity delighted me,” he adds in his book.

All these health problems led her to retire from music, and she started her last tour in 2009.

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Anna Mae Bullock was his name before adopting the name Tina Turnerwhen she began her musical career in the mid-1950s together with her first husband, Ike Turner, gang leader Kings of rhythm.

His best years in music were from the 60s to the 90s. Among his popular musical themes are What does love have to do with it, we don’t need another hero and Proud Mary.

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The news of his death was published on the singer’s social networks with the following message: “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Tina Turner.. With his music and boundless passion for life, he won millions of fans around the world and inspired the stars of tomorrow. Today we say goodbye to a dear friend who left us all her greatest work: her music. We send our deepest condolences to his family. Tina, we will miss you very much.”