Tina Turner and her husband, Erwin Bach, were still expanding their real estate portfolio less than two years before the legendary singer died.
The couple, who wed in July 2013, announced in January 2022 that they shelled out $76 million for a sprawling waterfront estate in Zürich, Switzerland.
At the time, Bach told the local newspaper Handelszeitung that he and Turner had decided to buy more property in the European country after gaining their Swiss citizenship.
(Nonresidents are not allowed to own land in Switzerland.)
“[We] feel very comfortable in Switzerland,” said Bach, who is a native of Germany.
In fact, they planned on using the home as a “new weekend retreat in the immediate vicinity.”
The impressive property features 10 different structures spread across five acres of land. It also boasts its own private pond, stream, swimming pool and boat deck.
In addition to the hefty purchase, the pair own another estate in Küsnacht, where Turner died Wednesday at the age of 83.
A rep confirmed the “Proud Mary” singer died after a long battle with an unknown illness.
“It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Tina Turner,” read a post on her Instagram account.
Here's what to know about legendary singer Tina Turner
The “Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll” died at 83 on Wednesday after a prolific career that spanned decades.
Tina — who was inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist in 2021 — sold more than 100 million records worldwide throughout her career, with songs including the anthemic hit “The Best” and her solo comeback single “What’s Love Got to Do With It.”
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She scored her first and only No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the song, which kicked off her 1980s career resurgence.
Tina was 44 at the time, making her the oldest solo female artist to top the Hot 100 chart.
The singer and actress had 12 total Grammy Awards, including eight competitive awards, three Grammy Hall of Fame awards and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
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“With her music and her boundless passion for life, she enchanted millions of fans around the world and inspired the stars of tomorrow.
“Today we say goodbye to a dear friend who leaves us all her greatest work: her music. All our heartfelt compassion goes out to her family. Tina, we will miss you dearly.”
Prior to her death, the Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll had been living abroad for years after starting her relationship with Bach in 1986.
She even went as far as to renounce her US citizenship in 2013.
Aside from her romance with the former music executive, Turner chose to live abroad because she felt like her music was more widely accepted there.
“I have left America because my success was in another country and my boyfriend was in another country,” she told the late Larry King in 1997.
“Basically, Europe has been very supportive of my music.”
Yet Turner remained out of the spotlight as she got older, officially retiring from the stage in 2009 after completing her 50th-anniversary tour, one of the highest-grossing treks of all time.
