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Tina Turner’s son Ike Turner Jr. dies at 67 from kidney failure

Teddy Grant

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 11: Winner Ike Turner with son Ike Turner Jr. at the 49th annual Grammy Awards, September 11, 2007 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Bob Riha, Jr./Getty Images)

(NewsNation) — Tina Turner’s son, Ike Turner Jr. has died from kidney failure, TMZ reported. He was 67.  

Jacqueline Bullock, Tina Turner’s niece, told the outlet that Turner Jr. died on Oct. 4 in Los Angeles, one day after his birthday, and he had been suffering from severe heart issues for years.  


His health has reportedly been in decline after he suffered a stroke in September, according to Bullock.  

Turner Jr. was born in 1958 to Ike Turner Sr. and Lorraine Taylor, but he was adopted by the “Simply the Best” superstar during her marriage with Turner Sr.  

Musician Ike Turner (L) stands with guest Audrey Madison and Ike Turner Jr. after he was inducted into the Hollywood Rockwalk along with Muddy Waters, Robert Cray, Solomon Burke and Etta James on April 4, 2005 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

Like his parents, Turner Jr. got into music at a young age, learning to play instruments and worked as Tina Turner’s sound engineer, according to Newsweek.  

His death comes two years after Tina Turner passed away in 2023. Turner Sr. died in 2007.