Ronnie Turner, the youngest son of Tina and Ike Turner, who appeared in the 1993 biopic What does love have to do with itHe died Thursday, according to social media posts by his mother and wife. He was 62.
“Ronnie, you left the world far too soon,” the 83-year-old R&B legend wrote on her Instagram account on Friday. “In sadness I close my eyes and think of you, my beloved son.”
Ronnie sometimes played bass in both his parents’ bands. According to Billboard, he also had his own band, Manufactured Funk, with songwriter and musician Patrick Moten. He has recently had health problems, including a battle with cancer.
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Ronnie is the second son Tina Turner lost. Her eldest son, Craig, who she had with saxophonist Raymond Hill when she was 18, committed suicide in 2018. Ronnie’s father, Ike Turner, died in 2007.
Ronnie married his wife Afida Turner the same year. The French singer released an emotional tribute and response today, which read in part: “I did my best until the end, this time it wasn’t me[t] can save you I’ve loved you for 17 years, it’s very, very bad and I’m very angry. It’s a tragedy that you rest in paradise with your brother Craig and your father Ike Turner and Aline… So unfair.
Writer: Tom Tick
Source: Deadline
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