Among them, fellow artistCherand multi-hyphenate starOprah Winfreyrecall spending time with Turner in the later years of her life.
“But towards the end, she told me once, she said, ‘I’m really ready.
I just don’t want to put up with this anymore.'”
Tina Turner and Cher.Kevin Mazur/WireImage
Winfrey reflected on a similar conversation during Thursday’s broadcast ofCBS Mornings.
“I was certainly aware that she was ill,” Winfrey said.
I expected then that was going to be the last time that I saw her."
Tina Turner and Oprah Winfrey.Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic
Still, both women had joyful memories to share about Tina Turner and her positivity throughout her health struggles.
“She was a standard for living well and being proud,” Winfrey said.
Reflecting on her very first visit, she added that health struggles never kept Turner from having fun.
Winfrey spoke more of her own visit in anInstagramtribute post to the rock & roll legend.
Because she had learned how to LIVE surrounded by her beloved husband, Erwin, and friends."
