When was ike and tina turner married

One night, Alline took Tina to a concert in the area. After hearing them live, Tina asked Ike to join the group. Remember, I was a schoolgirl, all of 17, looking at a man. After their meeting, Ike and Tina toured together with Kings of Rhythm. When Tina turned 22, Ike asked her to marry him. As a solo artist, Tina Turner has sold more than million albums and singles worldwide.

Now aged 78, she lives in Switzerland, having married her long-time partner, music producer Edwin Bach , there in Ike Turner died in at He had struggled for many years with drug addiction. Tina Turner told the Mail that she was afraid to turn down a marriage proposal in from Ike - who was seven years her senior, had discovered her and made her the singer of his Kings of Rhythm band. There would be no fancy wedding though.

Instead, he drove them from California across the Mexican border into Tijuana to find "the Mexican version of a justice of the peace", she told the Mail. This letter is part of my big Birthday Book, because Erwin and I wanted to share our love with you.

I am so lucky to have him by my side. After years together, Tina and Erwin married in a civil ceremony on the banks of Lake Zurich in Switzerland in July In , Tina Turner revealed in her book My Love Story that she had suffered life-threatening health issues in recent years. In , three weeks after her wedding to Erwin Bach, she had a stroke, and needed to learn to walk again. In , she was diagnosed with intestinal cancer.

She had homeopathic remedies to treat her high blood pressure, that led to damage to her kidneys and kidney failure. Her chances of receiving a kidney were low, and she was told to start dialysis treatment. Later, Bach offered to donate a kidney for her transplant, and Tina had kidney transplant surgery on April 7, See more More from Tina Turner.

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