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Ike Turner Jr. Dies at 67, Family Says

A niece told TMZ he died of kidney failure at a Los Angeles hospital.

Overview

  • Tina Turner’s niece, Jacqueline Bullock, said Ike Turner Jr. died Saturday from kidney failure.
  • Bullock told TMZ he had battled severe heart issues for years and suffered a stroke in early September.
  • He was born in 1958 to Ike Turner Sr. and Lorraine Taylor and was adopted by Tina Turner early in his life.
  • He briefly worked as Tina Turner’s sound engineer and largely stayed out of the public eye in recent years.
  • Ike Turner Sr. died in 2007 and Tina Turner died in 2023, marking the passing of both of his famous parents.