Tina Turner\u2019s death has the entire world grieving. The talented singer was the voice of her generation and paved the way for many artists after her. While the singer\u2019s health struggles were known to the public, her cause of death still remained a mystery. \n\n\n\n

Tina Turner died on Wednesday peacefully in her sleep. At the time of her death, the 83-year-old singer was at her home in K\u00fcsnacht near Zurich in Switzerland. She passed away after a long illness. In her last years she had been very public about her health and her struggles with it.\u00a0\n\n\n\n

Just two months before her death on March 9, Turner made a post on Instagram imploring her followers to be sure to take care of their kidneys and health. The singer wrote how she put herself in \u201cgreat danger\u201d by not seeking timely help to manage her blood pressure. She made the post in honor of International World Kidney Day.\n\n\n\n

\u201cToday is International World Kidney Day. Why is it important? Because kidneys fail without pain. And that\u2019s why I\u2019m telling you today: Show your kidneys love! They deserve it. My kidneys are victims of my not realising that my high blood pressure should have been treated with conventional medicine,\u201d Turner wrote in the caption. \n\n\n\n

\u201cI have put myself in great danger by refusing to face the reality that I need daily, lifelong therapy with medication. For far too long, I believed that my body was an untouchable and indestructible bastion,\u201d the singer continued. \n\n\n\n

She directed fans to a website where they could learn more about Tina Turner\u2019s story of her dialysis and kidney donation by her husband Erwin Bach.\n\n\n\n

Turner\u2019s health struggles have been well documented due to her status as a major celebrity. In 2013, the singer suffered a stroke right after she married Bach. \n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen I came back from my honeymoon, I was determined to find out what was causing a painful feeling in my chest,\u201d the singer said to Oprah Winfrey. \u201cI went to the hospital, and two days later, the stroke came. That was the beginning of the sickness.\u201d\n\n\n\n

In 2018 she released a memoir titled My Love Story. She revealed in the book that the stroke was a \u201cpowerful blow\u201d to her body and that she \u201cwould have to work with a physiotherapist to learn how to walk again.\u201d\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn the hospital, I didn\u2019t believe that I couldn\u2019t walk,\u201d the singer had said to Winfrey during their interview. \u201cI said, \u2018Bull crap.\u2019 Then I stepped out of bed and flopped to the floor and said, \u2018Oh my God, what have I done?\u2019 But I wasn\u2019t depressed \u2014 I was just determined to fix it.\u201d\n\n\n\n

In 2016, the singer had been diagnosed with intestinal cancer, with doctors telling her that both her kidneys were failing. Turner said she did not get depressed and instead resigned to the idea that perhaps her time had come. \n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen the doctors said, \u2018Both kidneys are out,\u2019 I said, \u2018I guess it\u2019s my time to go,\u2019\u201d Turner said to Winfrey at the time. \u201cI was in my 70s. In my thinking, I\u2019d lived long enough, and I didn\u2019t want to be on a machine for the rest of my life. My mother and sister were both gone.\u201d\n\n\n\n

Her kidneys, according to doctors, were only functioning at 20 percent. This was a sure sign of the end. But this is when her husband Erwin Bach swooped in and saved the day. He donated his kidney to his wife, which shocked her as well. She later said of it, \u201cI wondered if anyone would think that Erwin\u2019s living donation was transactional in some way,\u201d she wrote. \u201cIncredibly, considering how long we had been together, there were still people who wanted to believe that Erwin married me for my money and fame. What else would a younger man want with an older woman? Erin always ignored the rumors.\u201d\n\n\n\n

But what took her life, in the end, was natural causes, according to her representatives. She passed away from a natural death in her sleep at the age of 83 years old. \n\n\n\n

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