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Tina Turner’s legendary life, career, and 34-year relationship with Erwin Bach were the focus of 2021 HBO documentary, Tina, before the icon passed away at age 83 on May 24, 2023.

The film captured her transition from Anna Mae Bullock, her given name, to Tina Turner, the icon whose anthems we’ve all sung in the shower—and whose life has taught us a good deal about resilience.

Much of Tina focuses on how Turner healed following her 14 years in a toxic relationship with musician Ike Turner.

They met at a St. Louis nightclub, when 17-year-old Turner impressed Ike with her unique voice, and later made it big as a husband-and-wife performance duo. But exuberant hit songs like “Proud Mary” and “River Deep—Mountain High” masked the truth of their union: Ike was physically and emotionally abusive to Turner, and their four children bore witness.

After she left the marriage in 1976, Turner was haunted by c