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    How Tina Turner's Buddhist faith gave her the strength to leave Ike Turner

    While Tina Turner is heralded as an R&B and rock icon, her Buddhist faith was the soul that drove her eventful life and career. She often credited the religion with helping her find the strength to leave her abusive relationship with Ike Turner in 1976. In the years since, Turner was known to recite Buddhist chants daily, even chanting on national television on Larry King's CNN show in 1997, a ...
    by Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times May 25, 2023 3 minutes
    Ike Turner, left, and Tina Turner in 1970..

    While Tina Turner is heralded as an R&B and rock icon, her Buddhist faith was the soul that drove her eventful life and career.

    She often credited the religion with helping her find the strength to leave her abusive relationship with Ike Turner in 1976. In the years since, Turner was known to recite Buddhist chants daily, even chanting on national television on Larry King's CNN show in 1997, a practice she continued until her

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