Inside Tina Turner's Relationship With Husband Erwin Bach
The couple met 37 years ago when Turner was 46 and Bach was 30.
Tina Turner and Erwin Bach, pictured here at the 42nd Berlin Film Festival in 1992, met in 1986. Ronald Siemoneit/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images
As Bach recalled in the 2021 HBO documentary "Tina," he and the "Proud Mary" singer came into each other's lives when the music executive was tasked with greeting Turner at Dusseldorf airport in 1986.
"Her manager Roger asked me to pick up Tina," Bach said. "I enjoyed the ride. I enjoyed driving the artist. Actually a superstar for us, where you're normally a little nervous but I wasn't nervous either. I was just doing the job."
Turner — who was 16 years older than Bach — also spoke about their first meeting during a sitdown with Oprah Winfrey on "Oprah's Next Chapter" in 2013.
"He was another kind of handsome — great eyes." she said. "So I got in the car with Erwin and my heart was bu-bum, already. My hands were wet, and I thought, 'Oh, my God. This is love at first sight.'"
Source: Insider
