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as tributes pour in from around the world for her. She died after a long illness at her home near Zurich in Switzerland, The Mirror reports.
A statement announcing her death states: "With her, the world loses a music legend and a role model." A private funeral ceremony will be held for close friends and family. Tina was born Anna Mae Bullock on November 26 in 1939 in Nutbush, Tennessee, USA. She found fame in the late 1960s as the singer of the band Ike & Turner Revue but later went on to find fame as a solo artist.READ NEXT:
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