What OldSchool Singer Refused Role Of Shug Avery In The Color Purple?

What OldSchool Singer Refused Role Of Shug Avery In The Color Purple?

We don’t know what fountain of youth these beautiful ladies have found, but we’ll take a to-go cup from that fountain too!

Here’s Tina with her new husband and German music executive Erwin Bach. They married in July 2013, after a 27-year relationship, on the banks of Lake Zurich in Küsnacht, northern Switzerland.

Tina Turner and husband
Tina Turner and husband, Erwin Bach

Margaret Avery (Shug Avery) is now 70 years young and she’s still acting. She stars in the current hit TV show, Being Mary Jane, alongside Gabrielle Union.

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Margaret Avery (“Shug Avery” in The Color Purple)
Margaret Avery (played "Shug Avery" in The Color Purple)
Margaret Avery (played “Shug Avery” in The Color Purple)

Reminisce with us and watch this classic performance of “God Is Trying To Tell You Something” performed by “Shug Avery” in The Color Purple. Everybody and their Mommas probably shed a tear for this scene…

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