Biden hailed the singer’s “exceptional” private energy along with having “modified American music ceaselessly”.
A number of Grammy-award winner Turner, well-known for hits together with The Finest and Proud Mary, died “peacefully” on Wednesday on the age of 83.
Following the announcement former and present US leaders got here along with followers and members of the leisure trade to recollect her.
“Earlier than she was the Queen of Rock and Roll, Tina Turner was a farmer’s daughter in Tennessee. As a toddler, she sang within the church choir earlier than turning into one of the vital profitable recording artists of all time,” Biden stated.
“Along with being a once-in-a-generation expertise that modified American music ceaselessly, Tina’s private energy was exceptional.
“Overcoming adversity, and even abuse, she constructed a profession for the ages and a life and legacy that had been completely hers.
“Jill and I ship our love and prayers to her husband Erwin, the remainder of the Turner household, and followers around the globe who’re mourning at the moment for the girl they agree was ‘merely the most effective’.”
Obama and former first girl Michelle Obama shared a joint assertion to Twitter and Instagram, which described Turner as “uncooked, highly effective and unstoppable”.
“She was unapologetically herself, talking and singing her fact by way of pleasure and ache; triumph and tragedy,” they stated.
“Right now we be a part of followers around the globe in honouring the Queen of Rock and Roll, and a star whose mild won’t ever fade.”
Harris stated on Twitter Turner was a “spectacular mild” and “merely the most effective”.
“Tina Turner was a spectacular mild whose life was a testomony to all those that imagine in what may be, unburdened by what has been,” she stated.
“From Nutbush, TN to the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame, her energy, voice, and signature strikes impressed hundreds of thousands. Tina Turner was merely the most effective.”
In his personal publish Clinton recalled assembly the singer twice, each in 1984 and once more on her 67th birthday at a charity occasion in Russia with Sir Elton John.
“I beloved Tina Turner and can always remember assembly her when she got here to Little Rock for a live performance after releasing Non-public Dancer in 1984,” he stated.
“We met once more on her 67th birthday in St Petersburg, the place she and Elton John sang for a charity occasion.
“She nonetheless had it, expertise, fashion, power and authenticity. A priceless present to music lovers all over the place. Could she relaxation in peace.”
Clinton’s former vice chairman Al Gore additionally praised Turner’s “perseverance and show-stopping expertise”.
“Raised within the small city of Nutbush, TN Tina Turner grew as much as develop into the Queen of Rock & Roll,” he stated.
“But it surely was her energy, perseverance & show-stopping expertise that made her a world icon.
“I be a part of followers around the globe in mourning her loss & celebrating the enjoyment she introduced hundreds of thousands.”
In 2005 former president George W Bush famously described Turner’s legs as “essentially the most well-known in showbusiness” and it was reported she insured them for tons of of hundreds of thousands of US {dollars}.
