ESSAY: A mega-fan's appreciation for Tina Turner's limitless energy and lessons of survival
Adam Kealoha Causey was just 10 years old the first time he heard Tina Turner's voice
By ADAM KEALOHA CAUSEY
Published - May 26, 2023, 02:40 PM ET
Last Updated - Jun 21, 2023, 03:35 PM EDT
DALLAS (AP) — When Tina Turner died at age 83, I found myself drifting back to the fourth grade, to the day I truly discovered her voice.
I was on Thanksgiving break — bored — when I decided to rummage through my parents’ old cassette tapes in search of entertainment.
What I found was astonishing: an album called “Private Dancer.”
“I look up to the stars with my perfect memory. I look through it all and my future’s no shock to me.”
