A member of one of music’s most iconic families has died.
Ike Turner Jr., the son of Tina Turner and Ike Turner, passed away Oct. 4 at a Los Angeles hospital, Tina’s niece Jacqueline Bullock confirmed to TMZ. He was 67.
The sound engineer died of kidney failure, Bullock told the outlet, adding that he had battled serious heart issues in recent years.
“‘Junior’ was more than a cousin to me,” she said in a statement obtained by Page Six Oct. 5, “but rather a brother, as we grew up in the same famed household together.”
Bullock went on to highlight Ike Jr.’s musical abilities, noting that they were inherited from his parents.
“As the son of Tina and Ike Turner, from an early age, his talents were evident as there wasn’t an instrument he did not want to play,” she continued. “While he favored the drums early on, my aunt and his mother, Tina Turner, insisted that he break down his drum kit after each practice. This led him to favor the keys.”
