The Daily Star – AFP, April 24, 2013
GENEVA:
Tina Turner, the US-born singer famed for hits such as "Private
Dancer" and "What's Love Got to Do With It", has become a Swiss
citizen, the Swiss newspaper Blick reported.
The
73-year-old retired entertainer, who has lived in Switzerland for nearly two
decades, received her red Swiss passport with its distinctive white cross on it
on Monday, the publication said.
Swiss media
reported in January that Turner was to hand in her US passport when she got her
Swiss one. She was quoted as saying that "I cannot imagine a better place
to live" than in the European Alpine state, where privacy laws are
strictly enforced.
Turner, who
was born Anna Mae Bullock, lives in the picturesque town of Kuesnacht, on the
shores of Lake Zurich in northern Switzerland. She had to learn German, pass a
local civics test and interview to get her new citizenship.
She moved
to Switzerland in 1995 when her longtime partner, German record executive Erwin
Bach, was transferred here. The couple is expected to marry in a few months'
time, Blick reported.
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