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Jamie Roberts

Tina Turner 'bids farewell to fans' in tearjerking film amid health struggles

Tina Turner bids a final farewell to her fans across the globe in a tearjerker of a film that showcases how the singer has had to overcome a painful past to finally find happiness.

The feature-length documentary called Tina is set to be shown on Sky later this month and sees the Proud Mary singer look back at her younger years for the first time on camera.

Viewers will be able to get a true feel for the 81-year-old as she looks at a past which was filled with struggle and pain before she finally found fame as a middle-aged woman.

The emotional film comes at a time the singing sensation is plagued by ill health.

Tina Turner admits she has a form of PTSD following domestic abuse by her first husband, Ike Turner. (Getty Images)

She has suffered a stroke and had cancer as well as having kidney failure which led to her needing a transplant in 2017.

The What's Love Got to Do with It singer reveals in the film how she wants to enter the final chapter of her life out of the spotlight and candidly tells viewers that she has a form of post-traumatic stress disorder which stemmed from the domestic abuse she suffered at the hands of her first husband, Ike Turner.

Looking back at her life, the singer admits that she hasn't had a good life. "The good did not balance the bad," she said.

American R&B and Pop singer Tina Turner performing in Illinois in 1987. (Getty Images)

"I had an abusive life, there’s no other way to tell the story. It’s a reality. It’s a truth. That’s what you’ve got, so you have to accept it.

"Some people say the life that I lived and the performances that I gave, the appreciation, is blasting with the people. And yeah, I should be proud of that. I am.

"But when do you stop being proud? I mean, when do you, how do you bow out slowly? Just go away?"

Tina Turner talks candidly about her younger years on a new documentary. (AFP via Getty Images)

Later on in the documentary Tina is joined by the man who she says finally brought her happiness, her second husband, Erwin Bach.

While her life has been put into documentary form before, Tina has always been against speaking about her life on camera until now.

Tina is to be shown on Sky Documentaries, Now TV and via altitude.film on March 28.

* If you need help, call the National Domestic Abuse Helpline on 0808 2000 247 - it's run by charity Refuge and the free number is in operation 24 hours a day

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