Tina Turner was American royalty

I have but one story about the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll. I'll keep it brief.

Tina Turner in New York on April 13, 1999, for VH1’s Divas Live. (Getty)

By now I’m sure you know that Tina Turner has strutted off this mortal coil. There are fine tributes rolling out as we speak, but you can’t do much better than the lede in the NY Times obituary by William Grimes (“gifted” here for any non-subscribers):

Tina Turner, the earthshaking …