Tina’s ‘Escape’
dallasvoice.comThe Lorenzo’s Tina Turner Suite commemorates the rock icon’s escape and rise to super-stardom DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writertaffet@dallasvoice.com Tina Turner’s portrait hangs in the lobby of the Lorenzo Hotel, located across I-30 from downtown Dallas.
That’s because on July 3, 1976, hotel staff there saved the singer’s life. The legendary singer died May 24 at her home in Switzerland following a lengthy illness, and the world mourned for the woman known as the undisputed queen of rock and roll, who was born in 1939 and grew up as Anna Mae Bullock in Nutbush, Tenn., then survived years of abuse at the hands of her first husband, Ike Turner.
The city of Dallas plays a pivotal role in her escape from the abuse and her first steps toward a solo career like none other.
Tina and Ike were on tour and were in Dallas that night in 1976 for a concert. But in the limo on the way to the Statler Hotel in downtown Dallas, Ike beat up Tina — again.
