Tina Turner’s Birthplace to Build Bronze Statue in Her Honor

Tina Turner‘s getting an enormous honor within the place the place she was born, as native leaders have accepted a bronze Tina statue — a few 12 months after the mayor first promised to erect one.

Invoice Rawls, Jr. the mayor of Brownsville, Tennessee tells TMZ … the town has determined to fund a six-foot-tall bronze statue that can be positioned within the metropolis’s Heritage Park, which is situated proper close to the highschool Turner attended.

We’re advised the statue’s gonna value round $150k with the town making the preliminary deposit earlier than public/non-public funds cowl the remaining. The fundraising is beginning ASAP, however Rawls says he isn’t apprehensive about puttin’ collectively the money.

Bear in mind, we spoke with Mayor Rawls just some days after TT’s dying final Could, when he laid out this exact plan … a statue for Tina situated in Heritage Park.

They don’t seem to be simply stopping with the statue although … ‘trigger the plan is to construct an enormous new plaza for the park, with Tina’s statue serving because the centerpiece.

The town’s already dwelling to the Tina Turner Museum, so an enormous plaza devoted to the “Queen of Rock & Roll” simply is smart.

Rawls says the town needs to honor Tina within the largest approach it might probably, and thinks placing the statue proper close to her previous highschool is one of the best ways to maintain her reminiscence alive.

The statue — set to be made by sculptor Fred “Ajano” Ajanogha — needs to be able to unveil in fall 2025 if all goes to plan.

Tina died final 12 months at 83, after going through numerous well being issues. Many stars — together with Lizzo, Patti LaBelle and John Fogerty paid tribute to the star after her dying.