Tina Turner’s boy Ike Jr. dead at 67 

Tina Turner and Ike Turner’s boy Ike Turner Jr. has actually passed away, Page 6 has actually validated. He was 67 years of ages.

Tina’s niece, Jacqueline Bullock, validated the news in a declaration.

” It is with terrific unhappiness that we reveal the death of my cousin, Ike Turner, Jr.,” the declaration checks out. “‘ Junior’ was more than a cousin to me, however rather a sibling, as we matured in the exact same well known home together.”

” As the boy of Tina and Ike Turner, from an early age, his skills were apparent as there wasn’t an instrument he did not wish to play. While he preferred the drums early on, my auntie and his mom, Tina Turner, firmly insisted that he break down his drum set after each practice. This led him to prefer the secrets. Ultimately, Junior would wind up assisting to run Bolic Noise Studios, the recording studios established by his daddy, Ike Turner,” Bullock included.

” While he dealt with the exact same obstacles that a lot of us have, he would end up being a searched for sound engineer, artist, and Grammy winner for Finest Conventional Blues Album in 2007 for his daddy’s ‘Risin’ With The Blues.'”

Bullock concluded her declaration by stating the household valued the “profusion of acknowledgements” and is asking for personal privacy at this time.

Ike Jr. passed away of kidney failure, TMZ reported. He had actually been fighting severe heart concerns for several years and his health had actually been decreasing, Bullock informed the outlet.

Tina embraced Ike Jr. and boy Michael at an early age from Ike Sr.’s previous relationship with Lorraine Taylor. The Kings of Rhythm frontman went on to end up being an effective artist in his own right, and he dealt with both his moms and dads expertly. He worked as Tina’s sound engineer after her split from his daddy.

” Tina raised me from the age of 2,” Ike Jr. told the Daily Mail in 2018. “She’s the only mom I have actually ever understood.”

His relationship with the “Proud Mary” songstress was made complex and they were separated before her death in May 2023 after a long health problem.

” My mom is living her life– she has a brand-new hubby and she remains in Europe,” he likewise informed the outlet. “She does not wish to have anything to do with the past.”

Ike Jr. was detained for fracture drug belongings and damaging proof in June 2023.

Due to his altercation with the law, the artist lagged bars when Tina passed away. She was 83.

Ike Sr. passed away of an overdose in 2007 after a decades-long fight with drug dependency. He was 76 years of ages.