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Tina Turner had 4 children: 2 adopted and 2 biological. One committed suicide and another died of cancer.

Tina Turner at an event in Switzerland in 2014.
Tina Turner at an event in Switzerland in 2014.

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since he was born, Tina Turner he had a complicated life. Full of trips that fate gave him over the years. One of them was his relationship with his second partner and father of three of her four children, Ike Turner. She was also marked by the death of two of her offspring.

At the age of 11, Anna Mae Bullockwhat is it actually called Tina Turnerwas abandoned by her mother, Zelma Priscilla. Her father abused and mistreated her mother, to the point that one day she was there, she couldn’t take it anymore and she left, without further ado and without explanation. Subsequently, she lived with a cousin who died and she too was left homeless. She then knew love and had a relationship with a saxophonist named Raymond Hill. She had her first child, Craig Turner, with him..

the relationship ended and The Queen of Rock N Roll met Ike Turner. The same person who became her manager, producer, husband and father of her second biological child, Ronald Renelle Turner. He too rock, jazz and blues singer He had two children from a previous relationship: Ike Turner Jr. and Michael Turner. the interpreter of “What’s Love Got To Do With It”, “I Can’t Stand The Rain”and “Proud Mary” he adopted them.

Tina Turner lived through the death of her children

The “law of life” says that it is the parents who should bury their children. Sometimes life ensures that this is not the case, producing terrible pain in those who gave their lives. This happened to the star that entered the Rock’n Roll Hall of Fame for his career and contribution to music.

Craig Turner, his first biological child, committed suicide at his home in Los Angeles. She was 56 years old. The African-American singer said she had no idea what she might have felt. Of course, this added to a long list of tragedies.

At the end of 2022, The second biological son of Tina Turner, died at the age of 62 from cancer: “Ronnie (Turner), you left the world too soon. With pain I close my eyes and think of you, my dear son ”, was what the artist published in her account of instagram.

Tina Turner died after battling illness

like his son, Tina Turnerbattled for a long time against the cancer. They also performed a subsequent kidney transplant. Today, one of his representatives, announced through Instagram that the singer had passed away.

He was at home in Swiss and was of the age of 83 years. Tina Turner He had a complicated life, but also full of success and professional satisfaction. She recounted her memories in a documentary, she has a musical and she recounted in two books her battles and how she managed to overcome them and move forward.

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