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Tina Turner's son Ronnie Turner dies at 62: 'This is a tragedy,' wife says
Ronnie Turner, whose father was Tina's ex-husband Ike Turner, was a musician like his parents
December 9, 2022 1:30pm
Updated: February 19, 2023 1:24pm
Ronnie Turner, the son of legendary singer Tina Turner, died at 62.
Ronnie's wife, French singer Afida Turner, confirmed her husband's death in an Instagram post in which she called him "a true angel" and her "best friend."
"I did my best to the end this time. I couldn't save you. I love you for... 17 years. This is really, really bad and I'm so angry," she wrote in the caption of the post.
"This is a tragedy, you with your brother Craig and your father Ike Turner and Aline rest in paradise .... So unfair," she continued.
Afida, who married Ronnie in 2007, was referring to the death of her older brother Craig, who committed suicide in 2018. Ronnie's father, Ike Turner, died in 2007, while his aunt, Tina's sister Alline Bullock, died in 2010.
A Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson confirmed that officers responded to Turner's address in Encino, California at 9:40 a.m. for a death investigation involving a man.
The spokesman could not confirm the man's identity.
TMZ, which first reported the news, said the 911 caller said Ronnie was having trouble breathing and eventually stopped breathing. Despite CPR attempts by bystanders, paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene.
Tina, 83, welcomed Ronnie with her then-husband Ike in 1960. He joined his older brother Craig, whom Tina had at age 18 with saxophonist Raymond Hill, although Ike later adopted Craig.
The singer renounced her U.S. citizenship in 2013 and has lived in Europe with her husband, German record executive Erwin Bach, since 1995.
Ronnie was an accomplished musician like his parents and played in a band called Manufactured Funk. He also had a small role in his mother's 1993 biopic "What's Love Got to Do with It."
