Tina Turner's "love at first sight" husband to inherit R2-billion
Updated | By Jacaranda FM
Tina Turner's husband, Erwin Bach, will inherit R2-billion. Turner and Bach have been married for ten years. In 2017, he saved her life by donating one of his kidneys to her.
'The Queen of Rock 'n Roll', Tina Turner, died on 24 May.
READ: Tina Turner: Facts about the 'Queen of Rock 'n Roll'
"Tina Turner, the 'Queen of Rock 'n Roll' has died peacefully today at the age of 83 after a long illness in her home in Kusnacht near Zurich, Switzerland. With her, the world loses a music legend and a role model," a spokesperson for Tina Turner said.
Turner was married to Ike Turner for 16 years until they divorced in 1978.
READ: Beyoncé Knowles: "I wouldn’t be on this stage without Tina Turner"
The couple had two biological sons, Ronald Renelle Turner, and Craig Raymond Turner, and Tina adopted two of Ike's other children, Ike Turner Jr. and Michael Turner, and raised them as her own. Tragically, Craig Turner was found dead in June 2018 when he was 59 years old.
In 2013, Turner married Erwin Bach, after a 27-year romance. Despite their 16-year age gap, Turner believed "it was love at first sight".
READ: Beyoncé, King Charles pay powerful tribute to Tina Turner
The couple shared an idyllic home (called the Chateau Algonquin) in Zurich, Switzerland.
In 2017, Bach saved her life after he donated one of his kidneys to her.
Bach will inherit $250-million (R2-billion), according to reports.
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