"What's Love got to do with it" gave the mid-forties a worldwide No. 1 hit in 1984.

Tina Turner was the model for self-confident women long before Twitter. She retired in 2009, shortly before her 70th birthday, and lived as a private citizen in Switzerland. Turner stood for an unagitated, unafraid attitude, says CNN's John Defterios. "She has always given everything, has given everything," he says. 'She doesn't want to stagger across the stages as a tray of herself'