Tina Turner Revealed Harrowing Night She Escaped Ike Turner's Abuse: 'I Was Living a Life of Death'

Tina Turner said she felt like she "didn't exist" when she was married to Ike Turner. In a bombshell interview with PEOPLE from December 1981, the legendary singer, who died Wednesday after a long illness at age 83, spoke out for the first time about her abusive marriage to Ike and how she escaped it. "I was living a life of death," Tina said. "I didn't exist. I didn't fear him killing me when I left, because I was already dead. When I walked out, I didn't look back." She...