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A bronze statue of Tina Turner, about 10 feet tall including its base and made by Atlanta sculptor Fred Ajanogha, was unveiled on 27 September 2025 in a park in her hometown of Brownsville, Tennessee, near the West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center.
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A bronze statue of Tina Turner stands in the Tennessee town where she grew up. The Associated Press reported that the 10-foot statue was unveiled on 27 September 2025 at a park in Brownsville, about an hour's drive east of Memphis, during the annual Tina Turner Heritage Days. The city of about 9,000 people is near Nutbush, where Turner went to school as a child. AP said that as a teenager she attended high school just steps from where the statue now stands.
Sculptor Fred Ajanogha modelled the figure in clay in Atlanta, and a West Tennessee foundry cast it in bronze; AP said the work took about a year. It gave the dimensions as 7 feet 9 inches tall on a 2-foot base. Ajanogha said he tried to capture her movement on stage, the way she held the microphone with her index finger extended, and her hair, which he compared to the "mane of a lion". About 50 donors paid for the statue, including Ford Motor Co., which gave $150,000.
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A bronze statue in a park beside the West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center, whose museum honours Turner. In September 2025 the Associated Press reported it standing near the museum; the museum is housed in the relocated Flagg Grove School.
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In a park in Brownsville, Tennessee, near the West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center, about an hour's drive east of Memphis, as reported by the Associated Press in September 2025.
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