Their only biological child, Ronnie, passed away at 62 from complications of colon cancer in 2022. Just five months later, Tina herself died at 83 after a long illness — a heartbreaking series of losses for the Turner family.

Ike Turner passed away in 2007, but he and Tina had long been divorced by then.

Ike Turner Jr.’s life was marked by extraordinary talent, family complexities, and the highs and lows of growing up in one of music’s most famous households. Though he is gone, his contributions to music and his family’s legacy will not be forgotten.