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Tina Turner, husband snap up vast US$76M estate on Lake Zurich

Tina Turner performs in Cologne, Germany, on Jan. 14, 2009.  (Hermann J. Knippertz / AP) Tina Turner performs in Cologne, Germany, on Jan. 14, 2009. (Hermann J. Knippertz / AP)
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Rock 'n' roll icon Tina Turner and her husband have reportedly bought a 70-million-Swiss-franc (US$76 million) estate with 10 buildings, pond, stream, swimming pool and boat dock on Lake Zurich.

The 82-year-old star's husband, Erwin Bach, was quoted in daily Handelszeitung as saying the couple acquired the century-old, 24,000-square-metre (260,000-square-foot) property in the village of Staefa in September.

Bach said the purchase was a logical step because they both have Swiss nationality now and "feel very comfortable in Switzerland." He added that "due to the pandemic and its consequences we -- like many other Swiss -- unfortunately are refraining from travel."

Swiss news reports say they will be nearby neighbours to Swiss tennis superstar Roger Federer, who reportedly also looked at the property before settling on a different one further east along the lake.

Turner, known for such hits as "Proud Mary" and "What's Love Got To Do With It" and dynamic on-stage performances, married German music executive Bach in 2013 after a long relationship. Born Anna Mae Bullock on Nov. 26, 1939, in Brownsville, Tennessee, she has lived in Switzerland with him since 1994.

Turner and Bach have rented a home in the town of Kuesnacht, closer to the city of Zurich, for years.

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