Ike Turner Jr., Son of Tina Turner and Ike Turner, Lifeless at 67

A member of one in every of music’s most iconic households has died.

Ike Turner Jr., the son of Tina Turner and Ike Turner, handed 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 advised the outlet, including that he had battled severe coronary heart points in recent times.

“‘Junior’ was greater than a cousin to me,” she stated in an announcement obtained by Web page Six Oct. 5, “however fairly a brother, as we grew up in the identical famed family collectively.”

Bullock went on to spotlight Ike Jr.’s musical skills, noting that they have been inherited from his dad and mom.

“Because the son of Tina and Ike Turner, from an early age, his skills have been evident as there wasn’t an instrument he didn’t need to play,” she continued. “Whereas he favored the drums early on, my aunt and his mom, Tina Turner, insisted that he break down his drum package after every apply. This led him to favor the keys.”