PRAYERS: Tina Turner and Ike Turner’s son, Ike Turner Jr., has sadly passed away at the age of 67. He is reported to have passed one day after his October 3rd birthday.
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Ike Turner Jr. Passes Away, Tina Turner’s Niece Speaks And Confirms
Ike Turner Jr. died on Saturday (October 4), according to TMZ. Tina Turner’s niece, Jacqueline Bullock told the outlet that he passed in a Los Angeles hospital from kidney failure. Bullock further claimed that Ike Jr. also battled severe heart issues for years.
She continued to share that his health has been on the decline for some time now. In September, he is said to have suffered a stroke.
In a statement to Page Six, Bullock added, “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of my cousin, Ike Turner, Jr. Junior was more than a cousin to me, but rather a brother, as we grew up in the same famed household together.” Bullock also remembered Ike Jr.’s music skills. Before thanking everyone for the “outpouring condolences,” she said:
“As the son of Tina and Ike Turner, from an early age, his talents were evident as there wasn’t an instrument he did not want to play. While he favored the drums early on, my aunt and his mother, Tina Turner, insisted that he break down his drum kit after each practice. Junior would end up helping to run Bolic Sound Studios, the recording studios founded by his father, Ike Turner.
While he faced the same challenges that many of us have, he would become a sought after sound engineer, musician, and Grammy winner for Best Traditional Blues Album in 2007 for his father’s ‘Risin’ With The Blues.’”
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Two years ago, he also made headlines in a drug-related arrest just weeks before his adoptive mother’s death. The Queen of Rock ’N Roll passed away at 83 on May 24, 2023, due to a “long illness.” Then, on May 6, Ike Jr. was arrested and charged with crack cocaine possession and tampering with evidence.
Police in Alvin, Texas arrested the Grammy Award-winning musician, accusing him of “trying to eat drugs before officers could seize them from him.” He was sentenced to 18 days in jail.
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Ike Turner Jr.’s Early Life With Ike Turner Sr. And Tina Turner
Before his tragic passing, Ike Turner Jr. had a full life, growing up amid his parents’ whirlwind music career. On October 3, 1958, he was born to Ike Turner Sr. and Lorraine Taylor; he was later adopted and raised by Tina early in his life.
Tina also helped raise Ike Sr. and Lorraine Taylor’s other son Michael Turner. She and Ike Sr. also welcomed one child of their own, Ronnie Turner. Tina later welcomed another son, Raymond Craig, whom she welcomed with Raymond Hill.
After Tina’s split from Ike Sr., Ike Jr. dabbled in music himself. He went on to work as Tina’s sound engineer for a short while. He later won a Grammy Award in February 2007. Ike Jr. earned the trophy having produced on his father’s 2006 album ‘Risin’ with the Blues.’
In December 2007, Ike Turner Sr. passed from a drug overdose. The famous musician had been addicted to cocaine for at least 15 years. He was convicted of drug offense and served 18 months in prison. After his release in 1991, he relapsed in 2004, then passed in 2007.
Ike Jr. was preceded in death by his brother Craig, who died by suicide in July 2018, and his brother Ronnie, who died fo colon cancer four years later.
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