Oct 13 (Reuters) – Toy firm Mattel (MAT.O) is honoring Tina Turner on the fortieth anniversary of her hit music “What’s Love Bought To Do With It” with a Barbie doll created in her likeness.
The doll, which is a part of their Barbie Signature Music Collection, is sporting an outfit impressed by the music video for the music – a black mini gown paired with a denim jacket and her signature coiffure.
“I’m honored to welcome my Barbie into the group of trailblazing ladies already represented and introduce extra children to my journey,” Turner, 82, stated in an announcement.
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The eight-time Grammy winner loved large success within the late Nineteen Sixties and early Seventies performing together with her former husband, Ike Turner, however the couple divorced in 1978 after a stormy marriage.
In early November 2019, Turner attended the opening evening of The Tina Turner Musical on Broadway, which chronicles her life and work.
Image of a Barbie doll created by Mattel resembling singer Tina Turner as a result of celebration of the fortieth anniversary of her hit music, on this picture obtained by REUTERS on October 13, 2022.
She retired from performing after her final tour, which led to 2009.
Turner, who was born in Tennessee, moved to Switzerland in 1995 to affix her German-born file producer associate Erwin Bach, who she later married in 2013, and have become a citizen in April of that yr.
The doll is out there for buy on MattelCreations.com and thru Amazon, Walmart and Goal.
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Reporting by Alicia Powell; Enhancing by Diane Craft and Lisa Shumaker
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