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Opinion: Life lessons from Tina Turner

NPR's Scott Simon contemplates the emotional power of the song "What's Love Got To Do With It?" following singer Tina Turner's death.
US singer Tina Turner sings during her performance at the Macy's Passport '97 fund raiser and fashion show in San Francisco, CA.

By the time Tina Turner released her hit song What's Love Got to Do With It? in 1984, she had already seen her career rise and fall.

The song had been written by two British guys, Terry Britten and Graham Lyle, who offered it

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