Talking to BBC News about Craig, Tina said, “He was an introverted person, he was very shy, so I didn’t know either, except now when I listen back to our last conversations, I notice a change. The last few times we talked, the conversations were different, and I didn’t know that until after the suicide.”
The “What’s Love Got to Do with It” singer also reflected on Craig’s death in a June 2019 CBS News interview. “I think Craig was lonely, that’s what I think really got him more than anything else,” she said. “I have pictures all around of him smiling, and I think I’m sensing that he’s in a good place. I really do.”
Nearly five years after Craig passed away, Tina followed. On May 24, 2023, word broke that Tina had died of natural causes. The music icon was 83 years old.
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