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Tina Turner has revealed that she underwent a kidney transplant with an organ donated by her husband. The 78-year-old singer says in an upcoming autobiography that she has suffered from kidney disease, and by 2016 her kidneys were at “20 percent and plunging rapidly.” She said her husband, Erwin Bach, “shocked me by saying that he wanted to give me one of his kidneys.” Turner said she was “overwhelmed by the enormity of his offer.”
Turner writes that afterward she felt “happy, overwhelmed and relieved that we’d come through this alive.” Turner, whose hits include “Proud Mary” and “What’s Love Got to do With It?,” married German music executive Bach in 2013 after a long relationship. Excerpts from Tina Turner: My Love Story were published Saturday in the Daily Mail newspaper and released by its U.K. publisher, Penguin Random House. The book is published in Britain and North America later this month. In the book, Turner encourages people to sign up to donate organs to save lives.
Michael “The Situation” Sorrentino, whose abs became famous on the reality show Jersey Shore, was sentenced Friday to eight months in prison for cheating on his taxes. A federal judge sentenced the star shortly after his brother, Marc Sorrentino, received a two-year sentence on a similar charge. Both brothers pleaded guilty in January. They were charged in 2014 with tax offenses related to nearly $9 million in income. Michael Sorrentino’s attorneys had sought probation, while prosecutors wanted a sentence of 14 months. He is free on bond until he has to report; it’s not been determined where he’ll be incarcerated or when the term begins. Michael Sorrentino declined to comment while leaving the courthouse with his fiancee, whom he is scheduled to marry next month, his attorney said. Other Jersey Shore cast members who attended the sentencing also didn’t comment afterward. In a statement to the judge before sentencing, Sorrentino apologized for his conduct and said he is “overcoming my demons and putting my life back together” after years of alcohol and drug use. “Today I’m a man that I should have been years ago,” he told U.S. District Judge Susan Wigenton. Michael Sorrentino pleaded guilty to one count of tax evasion and admitted concealing his income in 2011 by making cash deposits in amounts that wouldn’t trigger federal reporting requirements. Marc Sorrentino pleaded guilty to one count of assisting in the preparation of a false return. Michael Sorrentino appeared on all six seasons of the reality show that ran from 2009 to 2012. The cast members were known for their drunken antics and the phrase they used to describe their lifestyle: “gym, tan, laundry.”