Change of heart ? Tina Turner to have 'small private funeral' instead of 'upstaging her rival Aretha

Hmmm...

RadarOnLine had earlier reported that Tina Turner planned her funeral after she had her kidney transplant, which was right around the time Aretha Franklin died. After Franklin had her 'big, final, farewell' , Turner started planning her own - and wanted to outdo her lifelong rival, Franklin.

They NEVER had a good relationship,” said a source. Another insider said Tina saw her “swan song as an opportunity to kick a little dirt on her rival’s grave.”

In 2018, a source said, “Tina’s picking out a designer wardrobe for her to wear while she’s lying in repose, a custom hearse, a string of top performers and an amazing gravesite that will overshadow Aretha’s! They were heated rivals in life, and Tina’s not about to let Aretha upstage her in death!””

“It will be Tina’s last and biggest show ever,” said the source. The insider said Tina wanted to make sure her send-off “eclipses Aretha’s!”

Five years later, it's being reported this week Turner wished to be cremated and have a small funeral, a very private affair. She wants a small service in Switzerland, with her manager and close friends attending. She didn't want any family members attending, either, according to Eddy Hampton ‘Armani’, who was Tina’s personal assistant for more than 20 years.

Here is the RadarOnLine post from earlier ...

Who the fuck cares when you’re dead? I don’t care if my remains get tossed in the trash.

I figured Tina would want to be cremated. That’s what Buddhists prefer. It’s probably already taken place, along with the service.

Turner was a dedicated Buddhist for decades. I can't imagine she'd want anything big and flashy. I loved Aretha's Home Going (or whatever they called it) but that's not Tina Turner's style.

It's odd that she banned her own family members from attending. Decidedly odd.

So, is the family ban to spare the husband having to face some greedy relatives inquiring about the estate and will? I wonder..

Hopefully, the world's greatest under-appreciated singer, Patti Labelle, will. have a funeral that will outdo them all!

"I'll outdo all those hussies with the biggest funeral ever !"

R5 Does she have much family left ? I think her sister passed away, as well as her two sons.

Why did Tina always stand with her legs spread when she was singing? Usually she was dancing around the stage but when she wasn't, her stance was wide open.

[quote] Why did Tina always stand with her legs spread when she was singing? Usually she was dancing around the stage but when she wasn't, her stance was wide open.

To air out her cooch?

I never heard that Tina and Aretha were rivals. Their style and music were different.

Why would they have had a good—or bad—relationship? They had little in common.

I thought that said “a string of topless performers.”

That bitch ate off my plate!

I remember how pissed Aretha was when Beyonce referred to Tina as "The Queen" ("stand on your feet and give it up for the queen!") at the Grammys. Apparently, Ree-Ree thought she was the only queen and issued a statement via her publicist. She just couldn't let it go.

You mean, no change of clothes and Loubies while in the box?

Aretha supposedly had a feud with Tina over something brain-dead Beyonce said once?

No she didn't, this story is bullshit PR clickbait trash. Aretha may have been irritated by Beyonce but it had nothing to do with Tina Turner, Tina didn't say anything.

Radar, by the folks who brought you The National Enquirer...

Who's making up this nonsense that Aretha Franklin and Tina Turner were rivals? Ridiculous.

[quote] No she didn't, this story is bullshit PR clickbait trash. Aretha may have been irritated by Beyonce but it had nothing to do with Tina Turner, Tina didn't say anything.

Actually Tina did say something to diffuse the situation but it only further enraged Aretha who made a stupid comment like "Tina has never met me" when their paths had crossed many, many times over the years. Tina was too Zen to respond further.

Didn't Tina believe the rumors that Aretha was fooling around with Ike in the 60s, according to Aretha (who denied it) ? That is how the 'feud' began, IIRC.

Never heard of this Tina-Aretha feud before. Sounds like clickbait b.s.

Definitely clickbait bullshit. Aretha had feuds with many of her contemporaries (Gladys Knight, Dionne Warwick, Patti LaBelle), but she didn't have beef with Tina. There was that dustup due to what Beyonce said at the Grammys, and Tina responded by saying, "Aretha's always been that way. We're both Queens. She's the Queen of Soul, I'm the Queen of Rock," or something along those lines. But the two never had beef or even a rivalry with each other.

R24, she didn’t love Ike and said that Ike slept with everyone, that it was a known fact from the start.

[quote] Why did Tina always stand with her legs spread when she was singing? Usually she was dancing around the stage but when she wasn't, her stance was wide open. To air out her cooch?

Exactly, lots of air needed. It was really moist down there.

“Baby, we lived Switzerland and we’re gonna die Switzerland. No paps! You be good to me!”

R28 Yes, but Aretha was the only 'name celebrity' at the time. The other women were back-up singers, and record company employees (IIRC).

Tina was bigger than Aretha.

Not when it came to underwear, r33.

it all sounds a little weird from someone who was supposedly Buddhist

She was a practicing Buddhist rock star from Tennessee, R35, she wasn't the fucking Dalai Lama.

I was so hoping there would be a running commentary here from Miss Warwick here on Datalounge.

Blame the AWF Troll who harassed Miss Warwick from posting. AWF is banned (I believe he's back, though, using African American vernacular to disguise himself), but Miss Warwick hasn't posted in quite some time. It's a shame. Those threads were a riot on Datalounge.

Perhaps Miss Turner suffered from rickets (?).

[quote] Not when it came to underwear, [R33].

Or Bra - AF’s jugs were ginormous

Hopefully, the Lord took pity on her soul and allowed her into the Kingdom of Heaven.

How is dying going to upstage the death of a friend and coworker who died several years ago?

I know it's a tradition in African-American families to show their respect for loved ones (especially female relatives) by having elaborate funerals almost fit for royalty but I doubt they compete by trying to outdo each other with bigger and better arrangements each time someone passes.

R38 That asshole is back? There is seriously something wrong with him. Aside from pretending to be a 38 year old black man. He was outed years ago where he made a post (dropping the fake persona in the process and speaking normally) where he said he worked on a play with Diana Ross years ago which revealed him to be a middle aged white man (and a very mentally ill one at that) when someone looked up the names of the cast and crew.

I previously thought "King" as he calls himself was The Brooklyn Seacow but apparently it's just some sad old deranged queen.

Tina could have a big funeral or a small funeral. It doesn't matter. News of Tina's death and all the follow-up stories, social media posts and YouTube plays of 'Simply the Best' have long since surpassed coverage of Aretha.

R4, I agree. She seemed like a private person. As for Aretha, they are so different I never would have compared them. Totally different genres.

R5, both her bio sons are deceased. I wonder if she ever met her grandchildren. Maybe, when she divorced Ike a lot of the family took Ike's side and that caused her to disassociate from them.

For example, according to the Wikipedia of Tina's sister, Alline Bullock:

After her sister's acrimonious divorce from Ike in 1978, Bullock still considered him her brother-in-law and attended his funeral in 2007. She told Ebony in 2008: "He was generous and jovial. He seemed like he was forgiving and wanted to be forgiven for the things he did in his early years. The media after he died, tried to destroy his name."

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