Other tributes came from Sir Mick Jagger, Sir Elton John, Diana Ross, Bette Midler and Giorgio Armani as news of the singer's death spread.
Mick Jagger and Tina Tuner in New York in 1989.
Turner found fame in the 1960s alongside ex-husband Ike Turner, with the classics River Deep, Mountain High and Nutbush City Limits among their hits. However, her career was dramatically resurrected in 1983 when a cover of Al Green's Let's Stay Together became a huge hit.
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