Tina Turner loses U.S. Citizenship

IT has been revealed that legendary
singer, Tina Turner, is cutting ties with the
U.S. The R&B belter and Rock and Roll
Hall of Famer, who was born Anna Mae
Bullock in Nutbush, Tennesee, was said to
have gone to the U.S. embassy in Bern,
Switzerland, October 24, to sign a
"Statement of Voluntary Relinquishment
of U.S. Citizenship under Section 349 (a)
(1) of the INA (Immigration and
Naturalisation Act)," according to reports.
Turner, 74, has lived in Switzerland for
almost 20 years and, in July, she was
reported to have married Erwin Bach, a
German music producer she began dating
in 1986.
According to reports, Turner's plans to
receive a Swiss passport were announced
in January. In April, she passed the
mandatory citizenship test that quizzed
her on Swiss history and the German
language. She became a Swiss citizen April
22.
Turner told German newspaper Blick that
she considers Switzerland home. "I'm
very happy in Switzerland and I feel at
home here. I cannot imagine a better
place to live," she said.
According to the U.S. embassy in Bern's
activity report, Turner said she did not
have plans to live in the U.S. in the
future and her family was her only strong
tie to her native country.
Turner is not renouncing her U.S.
citizenship, though, other reports clarify.
The "relinquishment" statement means
that she received the "Swiss citizenship
with the intent to lose her U.S.
citizenship."
Anna Mae Bullock