Tina Turner lived in Switzerland. Why did she leave the U.S.?
Tina Turner died at age 83 at her house in Küsnacht close to Zurich, Switzerland, her consultant confirmed on Wednesday. The music legend had lived in Europe for many years and her neighbors in Switzerland paid tribute to the star this week, laying flowers exterior of her property.
“When she was passing by, she was smiling, she could feel that we were looking at her, but was always very discreet,” a neighbor named Christine told Reuters.
“She’s been a part of my life for over 35 years now and she was a good neighbor, she showed up in town, she was very well liked,” a neighbor named Kosta stated.
Why did Turner transfer to Switzerland?
During a 1997 interview with Larry King, Turner stated she left America as a result of her “success” and boyfriend, Erwin Bach, had been in one other nation. Turner was born in Nutbush, Tennessee.
She and Bach, a German music government, first moved to Switzerland in 1995, based on Reuters. She grew to become a Swiss citizen, giving up her American citizenship, shortly after marrying him 2013.
In an interview with Mike Wallace for “60 Minutes” that very same 12 months, Turner defined her reputation in Europe. At the time, she was anticipated to gross $100 million throughout a three-month European tour and Wallace stated he had no clue Turner was such an enormous star there.
“No one in America knows that,” Turner replied.
When Wallace requested how “American” she is, Turner stated: “Still very much American. I still don’t speak the foreign tongues over here yet. I still pay American taxes. I have property in America. All of my businesses run from America still,” she stated. “But in my heart? I don’t think I will go back home.”
Turner and Bach purchased a brand new 24,000-square-foot house on Lake Zurich for an estimated $77 million in 2021, based on Swiss newspaper Handelszeitung.
Turner informed Gayle King about life in Switzerland
During a 2019 interview for “CBS Mornings,” Turner confirmed Gayle King her house in Zurich. “Is there anything in life, Tina Turner, that you want that you don’t have?” King requested.
“No,” Turner replied. “I have everything. When I sit at the Lake Zurich, in the house that I have, I am so serene. I have no problems.”
“I had a very hard life that I didn’t put blame on anything or anyone,” stated Turner, who has publicly spoken about the abuse she suffered throughout her marriage with Ike Turner.” I got through it, I lived through it with no blame and I’m happy,”
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