Erwin Bach, German record director, accompanied the artist from the mid-1980s until the end of his days. A relationship based on mutual understanding, which they did not formalize until years later in a marriage and of which he even gave full proof by donating one of his kidneys to the artist when she was fell ill.
Perhaps one of the key topics of popular song, grief, It was a long song in much of the musical life of the deceased Tina Turner . Her relationship with her first husband, Ike Turner, at the dawn of her singing career, was marked by physical and psychological abuse until well into the 1970s. A drama she endured in silence until until she decides to run away. This is how she divorced, regained her freedom and became the soloist of an intense interpretation that marked the 1980s.
It was during this defining time, when he released the seminal album private dancer (1984)in which Tina Turner had the chance to rediscover love . It happened in 1985, when he took a flight to Düsseldorf, Germany. As is customary in the industry, EMI sent one of its executives to pick up the artist at the airport. The chosen one was Erwin Bach. Originally from Cologne, he was a man of experience in the field, having trained in offices dealing with European market affairs for artists such as Queen, Paul McCartney and Pink Floyd.
But what seemed like a formality turned into a defining moment. An epiphany. When they first met, love at first sight happened. Your manager Roger [Davies] He asked me to pick up Tina,” Bach recalled in the documentary. Bathtub (2021) from HBO. She just liked to see him. “Then Roger said to me: ‘Tina, you are traveling with Erwin’, and I wanted to say: ‘Yes!’ He really was so handsome. My heart [latía rápido] and that means that a soul has been found, and my hands were shaking”, remembers the artist in the same disc.
“We enjoyed the trip” Bach noted. “I enjoyed driving the artist, actually a superstar. Normally you’re a little nervous, but I wasn’t nervous either. I was just doing the work.”
Despite the hustle and bustle of life on the road, Tina noticed the German. “The day I first met Erwin, at an airport in Germany, I should have been too tired from my flight, too preoccupied with thoughts of my concert tour. But I noticed it and immediately felt an emotional connection.” he remembered.
A kidney after marriage
Soon the romance began. Perhaps due to his experience with music stars, Bach handled the situation with great aplomb. “Erwin, who is a force of nature in his own right, he was never in the least intimidated by my career, my talents or my fame . He shows me that true love doesn’t need my light to go out to shine. On the contrary, we are the light of each other’s life, and we want to shine as brightly as possible, together,” Tina recalls in her memoir. my love story (2918).
When they met, he was 30 years old, while she was already almost 47. An age difference which, of course, has drawn criticism over the years. “Incredibly, considering the time we have spent together, there were still people who wanted to believe that Erwin married me for my money and my fame . What more could a younger man ask for with an older woman? Erwin always ignored rumours,” Tina said in the same text.
And indeed, after years of dating, they got married in 2013. But it wasn’t easy. Previously, Bach proposed to her twice, when she turned 50. An experience that was detailed in an interview with the popular Oprah Winfrey show in the United States “I was trying to show Tina my commitment. I believe that when a woman hits 50, she has to have a commitment from her partner,” Bach explained. “I was engaged and I wanted to show it off, so I got down on my knees. I had never done that in my life, I had never been married before. And I had my ring ready… I had everything ready.
But she hesitated. It was one thing to be in a relationship, another to rechain yourself to someone after having an ordeal with Ike (who died of a cocaine overdose in 2007). “Even though he asked me, I didn’t think it was real, I didn’t believe him,” Tina Turner said. “But I didn’t want to say ‘No’ because I wanted to continue the relationship.”
They finally said yes years later. They did so in a civil ceremony in Switzerland, where they had resided since 1995. In star fashion, the party was held at their luxurious lakeside home with 120 guests, including Oprah Winfrey , Giorgio Armani and David. Bowie.
But just a few months after the wedding, Tina fell ill. . He suffered a stroke which affected his health. The worst would come in 2016, when he was diagnosed with bowel cancer. After enduring the rigors of conventional treatment, she decided to take homeopathic medicines which worsened her condition and left her with kidney failure.
At this time, Bach donated a kidney to his wife. The operation was successfully carried out in 2017, although it also left after-effects. “I am happy to say that thanks to my beloved husband, Erwin, for donating one of his kidneys to me. the gift of life, I am in good health and I love everyday life”, the artist would later write.
For her, life with Bach, until the end of her days, gave her the peace of mind she never found in the hectic and violent days with Ike. “I can look back and understand why my karma was like this. -writing-. Good came out of bad. Joy came out of pain. And I’ve never been happier than today.”
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