James FitzGerald
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... Which we're drawing to a close shortly. We've been taking in the reaction to the death in Switzerland of Tina Turner. The multiple Grammy Award-winning star was 83.

From the Obamas to Oprah, Beyoncé to Brian Wilson, numerous big names have been celebrating the life of the late soul star. Many quoted one of her top hits back to her, saying she was "simply the best".

As well as saluting her musical achievements, others paid tribute to her escape from an abusive relationship. As Mariah Carey put it, she was a "survivor and an inspiration to women everywhere".

You can find our full writeup of the tributes here. As for where else to head next, why not check out Tina Turner's life in pictures, or dive into her top 10 songs and the stories behind them?

Or revisit her 2018 BBC interview in which she recalled her experiences of domestic abuse.

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Before wrapping up this live page, let's pull together a few more of the tributes we've seen.

• US President Joe Biden said Turner had "changed American music forever", having grown up as a farmer's daughter in Tennessee
• Hip-hop pioneer Grandmaster Flash hailed Turner's "ultimate strength" in overcoming personal difficulties to become a "superstar"
• Turner was labelled an "absolutely brilliant performer" by fellow singer Bette Midler
• English singer Paloma Faith described Turner as "one of my greatest influences and inspirations"
• Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry saluted the late star's "conversation, her spirit, her depth of character, her grace and most of all her ability to be ordinary and a LEGEND at the [same] time!"
• Sex and the City star Sarah Jessica Parker joined others in quoting Turner's own lyrics, saying she was "simply the best"
• And another actress, Rosario Dawson, commented: "Legends never die"

Tiffanie Turnbull
BBC News, Sydney

Turner's rousing hits were beloved the world over. And in Australia, Nutbush City Limits has become baked into the culture.

It's one song guaranteed to get Australians moving - and everyone knows the steps to the dance.

A staple at weddings, discos and even school playgrounds, when the opening bars of the song play, Australians literally line up on the dancefloor.

For decades, Australians have been learning the steps to the associated line dance as kids - often at school - and we proudly hold world record for the biggest Nutbush, set by 4084 people in Queensland last year.

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Why is Australia obsessed? No one really knows.

One theory is that the dance was as part of some schools’ physical education curriculum, but one performance history expert told the Sydney Morning Herald it simply spread “not by word of mouth, but word of foot”.

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As we mentioned in our earlier post, a musical based on the life and music of Tina Turner is currently playing in London. Its star paid tribute on stage after the news of her death broke during Wednesday's performance.

Kristina Love recalled meeting the real Tina when she first played the role in 2018. "She did everything to make me feel comfortable with the mammoth task ahead in playing her," she recalled.

"And she told me on that day, 'Kristina, don't imitate me, because there will only be one me and there will only be one you. Find yourself within my story.'

"I think that's why we're all here tonight, from all different racial backgrounds, from all different nationalities," Love told the audience. "We've come here tonight because one woman boldly lived her life, from cotton fields to international stardom.

"You all have found yourselves in her story, in her music, and we're all here today. So tonight, we're going to party because we know there's a huge party is heaven right now."

In 1985, she met her partner Erwich Bach, a Germany-based music executive and started dating a year later.

The pair since 1994 had been living in a lake house called Chateau Algonquin in Zurich.

Turner then gave up her US citizenship in 2013 and became a citizen of Switzerland - and it was where she would remain until her death.

Her public relations agency said at that time that Turner felt a connection to the country and valued the privacy that Switzerland provided her.

She had faced a number of health problems in recent years, including a stroke, intestinal cancer and total kidney failure that required an organ transplant, external, People Magazine reported.

Tina Turner was recognised for her lifetime contribution to the arts at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC in 2005.

A star-studded line-up saw Oprah give a personal speech to her friend, while Beyoncé, Al Green and Queen Latifah performed her songs.

Turner watched the show sitting with the then-US President George W Bush and First Lady Laura Bush, beaming, waving and blowing kisses to the performers.

Among her other achievements, during her career, Turner won a total of eight Grammy awards, including the lifetime achievement award in 2018.

Many of those expressing admiration for Turner reference how she overcame troubles in her life, including an abusive relationship and musical partnership, to succeed.

It was a long and often painful journey from a troubled childhood in rural Tennessee to global stardom.

She was almost 40 before she broke free from her abusive relationship with Ike Turner to establish herself as a solo artist.

She went on to record a string of best-selling albums, garner a host of awards, and become one of music's most popular live acts.

Read more about her life here.

Magic Johnson, the Los Angeles Lakers basketball star, is one of the celebrities paying tribute.

“Tina would have so much energy during her performances and was a true entertainer,” he wrote wrote on Twitter, external.

“She created the blueprint for other great entertainers like Janet Jackson and Beyoncé and her legacy will continue on through all high-energy performing artists," he said.

Tina Turner created many classic recordings with her winning combination of R&B, funk, rock and pop, all performed with her distinctive raw vocal power.

Proud Mary. River Deep, Mountain High. What's Love Got to Do With It.

These are just some of the songs that dominated charts and broke records.

She cemented her solo star status with the the 1984 hit What's Love Got to Do With It. That made her the oldest woman (at the time), aged 44, to land a number one single in the US.

Click here to find out more of her best songs.

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Oprah Winfrey is among those who have put out a message.

Writing on Instagram, external, she labelled the late singer a "role model not only for me but for the world".

She goes on to address Turner's "courage" which saw her claim her "freedom from years of domestic abuse".

Winfrey adds: "Her life became a clarion call for triumph."

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Angela Bassett, who was nominated for an Oscar for her portrayal of Tina Turner in the 1993 What's Love Got To Do With It film, said she is "honoured to have known" the singer.

“How do we say farewell to a woman who owned her pain and trauma and used it as a means to help change the world?" Bassett asked showbiz site Deadline.

“Through her courage in telling her story, her commitment to stay the course in her life, no matter the sacrifice, and her determination to carve out a space in rock and roll for herself and for others who look like her, Tina Turner showed others who lived in fear what a beautiful future filled with love, compassion, and freedom should look like.”

Bassett said Turner's final words to her were "You never mimicked me. Instead, you reached deep into your soul, found your inner Tina, and showed her to the world".

"I shall hold these words close to my heart for the rest of my days. I am honoured to have known Tina Turner.

"I am humbled to have helped show her to the world. So on today, while we mourn the loss of this iconic voice and presence, she gave us more than we could have ever asked," she added.

Jessica Parker
North America correspondent

The BBC has been getting reaction to today's news from people outside Washington DC's National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Tina Turner was a "wonderful artist" who was the "epitome of resilience and starting again", one woman, Marlene.

One of Marlene's companions, Simone, said she had "really liked her as a performer" and hailed Turner's willingness to "cross culture" and not be "pigeonholed".

Ernest Lawrence, a t-shirt seller, said he planned to make a t-shirt with Tina Turner on it.

He explained that Turner had "one of the most successful legacies in music in my lifetime".

Lawerence hailed the late star as a "great black female" and a "positive image for any woman", having overcome "hard times" in her personal life.

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In addition to being a prolific musical performer, Tina Turner also appeared in a number of films.

Back in 1975, Turner played the Acid Queen in The Who's rock opera Tommy. Perhaps better-known is her turn as Aunty Entity alongside Mel Gibson in 1985's Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.

1993 saw Turner share the silver screen with Arnold Schwarzenegger in Last Action Hero, as the mayor.

Although she didn't appear in the film, her distinctive voice was heard in the title song for 1995's James Bond instalment, GoldenEye.

Away from fiction, Turner's life story was seen on the cinema screen in the 1993 biopic, What's Love Got To Do With It, which earned Angela Bassett an Oscar nomination for playing the star.

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US band Blondie's lead singer and songwriter, Debbie Harry, says Tina Turner was "a great inspiration to me when I was starting out".

"I was a benefactor of the energy, creativity and talents of Tina Turner," she says.

"A woman who started in rural Nutbush, TN cotton fields and worked her way to the very top.

"Tina was a great inspiration to me when I was starting out and remains so to this day. Love you Tina. RIP.”

Barack and Michelle Obama have now issued their own statement on the death of Tina Turner.

Here's what the former US president and first lady had to say:

Here's a look at how people have been marking the death of Tina Turner.

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Heartfelt tributes are being paid to Tina Turner, who has died aged 83 after a long illness.

• Dubbed the Queen of Rock and Roll, Turner rose to fame in the 1960s - performing with her then-husband Ike Turner
• After years of domestic abuse, she divorced Ike and went on to find even greater success as a solo artist in the 1980s with hits like What's Love Got to Do With It and The Best
• Contemporary Diana Ross said she was "shocked" and "saddened" by the news, while Gloria Gaynor said her fellow star had "paved the way for so many women in rock music, black and white"
• Mariah Carey issued an effusive tribute of her own, calling Turner not only an "incredible performer" but also a "survivor and an inspiration to women everywhere"
• Tributes also arrived from Sir Elton John, who called Turner "untouchable", and from Sir Mick Jagger, who remembered a "wonderful friend" who had "helped me so much when I was young"

A fan mourning Tina Turner, Archana Sridhar, has described how the singer "paved the way for so many women as a strong black woman who made a name for herself on her own terms".

"I didn't even grow up here. I grew up abroad," Archana told the BBC in Washington DC. "She had global impact, so I moved here when I was ten. But I would listen to her songs all the time," Sridhar added.

Another fan, Annette Roberts, said Turner was a role model for overcoming adversity.

"She had struggles in her life, you know, with her marriage and her early childhood. And so she, you know, represented someone that believed in herself, you know, and continue to strive for excellence."

And Geralyn Bond said Turner bridged the "colour gap in music" and her music brought "so many different cultures together".

"I just loved her music and I love what she represented," Bond said.

Soul singer PP Arnold met Tina Turner in 1965, when she became an Ikette - supporting Tina Turner and her abusive husband Ike when they were a performing duo.

Arnold told BBC Radio 4’s World Tonight programme a short time ago that the late star meant "everything" to her, and if it wasn’t for Turner, she wouldn’t be a professional singer.

"It was never an ambition of mine, and an answer to a prayer led me to meet Tina Turner one afternoon," she told Jamie Coomarasamy.

Arnold said after an audition, Turner helped her change her life, and saved her from an abusive teen marriage.

"My relationship with Tina is spiritual… it has changed my life."

Tina Turner was "an incredible woman, a genuine singer, a one-of-a-kind talent," writes Sir Tom Jones on Twitter, external.

The Welsh singer adds that he is "honoured to have known her".