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A Tina Turner Interview From 1996 Is Going Viral After Her Passing: 'I Deserve More' - Blavity

Just a couple days after the legendary Tina Turner ‘s passing at the age of 83, a clip of a 1996 interview she did is resurfacing across social media.

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