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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Tina turner found peace privacy in switzerland | History Defined

Visitor Denise Keller takes pictures Thursday of flowers and candles left by mourners at the gate of Tina Turner’s home in Kuesnacht, Switzerland. (Arnd Wiegmann/AP)

KUESNACHT, Switzerland — In her adoptive country, Tina Turner was more than just a swivel-hipped rock, R&B and pop superstar. She unapologetically moved to Switzerland for its discretion and calm, carrying her very public persona into a very private country. She relished her life as a Swiss citizen — and the feeling was mutual.

It seems love’s got to do with it, too: In her 2018 memoir, “My Love Story,” Turner shared her emotion for longtime boyfriend-turned-husband Erwin Bach — a German record producer who had set up in Switzerland. She moved to join him in the mid-1990s, nearly a decade after they first met.

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