For those who remember, Ike Turner Jr.’s death from kidney failure is eerily similar to the health battles faced by his legendary mother, Tina Turner.

The iconic singer passed away in 2023 at the age of 83 in Küsnacht, near Zurich, after a long, undisclosed illness. While the exact cause of her death wasn’t initially revealed, it is known that her kidneys were failing — a condition first compounded by decades of high blood pressure.

Her high blood pressure had accelerated her kidney damage, and as her body weakened, she began coming to terms with the possibility of death. Tina’s husband, Erwin Bach, even donated a kidney to her in 2017.

Adopted by Tina Turner

Let’s focus on Tina’s son again.

Born in 1958 to Ike Turner Sr. and Lorraine Taylor, Ike Jr. was adopted by Tina Turner early in his life. She had also adopted his brother, Michael.

Ike Jr. worked briefly as Tina’s sound engineer after her split from Ike Sr., though their relationship became strained over the years.

“Tina raised me from the age of two. She’s the only mother I’ve ever known,” Ike Jr. told the Daily Mail in 2018.

“But I haven’t talked to my mother since God knows when – probably around 2000. I don’t think any of my brothers have talked to her in a long time either.”