Turner's spokesman confirmed the death of the singer, who last lived in Switzerland. The musician had fallen asleep forever after a "long illness in her home in Switzerland" Little is known about the cause of her death, but Turner has always struggled with illness over the past ten years.
She suffered a stroke, had a kidney transplant and had to cope with a colon cancer diagnosis. She rose to prominence in the '60s and '70s as a duo with her then-husband, Ike Turner.