LONDON: Tina Turner has revealed that she underwent a kidney transplant with an organ donated by her husband.
The 78-year-old singer says in an upcoming autobiography that she has suffered from kidney disease, and by 2016 her kidneys were at “20 percent and plunging rapidly”.
She says her husband, Erwin Bach, “shocked me by saying that he wanted to give me one of his kidneys”. Turner says she was “overwhelmed by the enormity of his offer”.
The pop legend, whose hits include Proud Mary and What's Love Got to do With It?, married the German music executive in 2013 after a long relationship.
Extracts from Tina Turner: My Love Story were released on Saturday by the publisher Penguin.
In the book, Turner also encourages people to sign up to donate organs.