Craig Turner, Ronnie Turner, Ike Turner Jr…. often tragic fates for Tina Turner’s children

Tina Turner’s life has everything that makes a contemporary tragedy. The fate of her sons Raymond Craig Turner, Ronald Turner, but also the sons of Ike Turner (Ike Turner JR and Michael Turner) whom she raised will have taken some dramatic turns…

We know the biography of Tina Turner, “Queen of Rock” and incarnation of the difficult fate of a United States-born black woman who started from scratch in the early 1960s and survived life’s trials as well as the violence of a tyrannical husband. We know less about the fate of his four sons, who apparently took an equally dramatic turn.

Tina Turner gave birth to Raymond Craig Turner in 1958 at the age of 18, the first child from her marriage to saxophonist Raymond Hill. Then comes Ronald (known as “Ronnie”) Turner, this time born in 1960, from his tumultuous association with Ike Turner. But Tina Turner also raised two boys, Ike Jr. and Michael Turner, the two sons of Ike Sr.’s first marriage to Lorraine Taylor in the 1950s.

A brutal death a few months ago

When the death of Tina Turner was announced this Wednesday, May 24, the name of the singer’s second son, Ronald Turner, immediately echoed in the minds of fans, who just a few months ago, last December, suddenly died of a serious illness disease. Ronnie Turner was found dead outside his home on December 8 after suffering from severe breathing problems.

Ronnie Turner, bass player, singer but also actor, who starred in a biographical film about his mother, was best known in France as the ex-husband of French influencer Afida Turner, known for her participation in various talk shows and reality TV was known indicates. The death of this 62-year-old son, who has been battling cancer for several years and suffering from cardiovascular problems, will leave the already debilitated Tina Turner “in pain.” “Ronnie, you left the world way too soon. With sadness I close my eyes and think of you my beloved son,” she wrote in a heartbreaking tribute.

Craig Turner’s suicide

Raymond Craig Turner, his older brother, will also have met a tragic end in recent years, committing suicide with a gun in 2018 at the age of 59 at his home in Studio City, California. Adopted by Ike Turner, his own mother’s executioner, Craig Turner had made a career in real estate.

If this gesture was never explained, Tina Turner will once again have expressed her sadness in her autobiography. “I know I’ll get through this one way or another. I’m a strong person.” […] But what I would really like is if my son would still call me ‘honey’,” she lamented on social media.

Son accuses Tina Turner of neglect

While we know relatively little about Tina Turner’s other two children — actually, the sons of Ike, whom she raised — we do know that a few years ago she had a tumultuous relationship with her adopted son, Ike Jr., who the latter had in the tabloid busy revealing Tina Turner at length and accusing her of abandoning her family.

“Tina raised me since I was two years old. She’s the only mother I know. But I haven’t spoken to her since God knows when – maybe around the year 2000. I don’t think my brothers have spoken to her for a long time.” Neither time,” assured Ike Turner Jr. And the then 59-year-old musician added, “My mom is living her life — she has a new husband and lives in.” Europe. She doesn’t want to know anything about the past.” Tina Turner had settled in Switzerland for the last years of her life.

In the same interview, Ike Jr. Turner also mentioned his brother Michael, who is much more discreet and is in fragile health. “Michael is in a convalescent home in Southern California and needs medical attention. I’ve been to him a number of times. He’s doing great,” he told the germanic.