{"id":6578,"date":"2025-10-06T14:30:48","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T14:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=6578"},"modified":"2025-10-06T14:30:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T14:30:49","slug":"tina-turners-son-tragically-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=6578","title":{"rendered":"Tina Turner\u2019s son tragically passes away"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Ike Turner Jr. Dies at 67: Remembering a Life in Music and Family<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Passing and Cause of Death<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ike Turner Jr.<\/strong>, son of music legends Tina and Ike Turner, passed away on&nbsp;<strong>October 4, 2025<\/strong>,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>a day after his 67th birthday.&nbsp;<strong>Jacqueline Bullock<\/strong>, Tina Turner\u2019s niece,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>confirmed he died from&nbsp;<strong>kidney failure<\/strong>&nbsp;after battling heart problems and a recent stroke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cJunior was more than a cousin to me, but rather a brother,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/10\/06090217\/GettyImages-74299234.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-177443\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Early Life and Career<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Born in 1958 to Ike Sr. and Lorraine Taylor, Ike Jr. was&nbsp;<strong>adopted by Tina Turner<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He told the Daily Mail, \u201cTina raised me from the age of two. She\u2019s the only mother I\u2019ve ever known.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He began in music on drums, later focusing on&nbsp;<strong>keyboard<\/strong>, and helped manage&nbsp;<strong>Bolic Sound Studios<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also contributed to his father\u2019s&nbsp;<strong>Grammy-winning album in 2007<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/10\/06090233\/GettyImages-1463821885.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-177444\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Family Tragedies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Turner family has faced repeated losses:&nbsp;<strong>Craig Turner<\/strong>&nbsp;(2018),&nbsp;<strong>Ronnie Turner<\/strong>&nbsp;(2022),&nbsp;<strong>Tina Turner<\/strong>&nbsp;(2023), and&nbsp;<strong>Ike Sr.<\/strong>&nbsp;(2007).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Legacy<\/strong><br>Ike Jr.\u2019s musical talent and role in one of music\u2019s most famous families ensure his&nbsp;<strong>legacy endures<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/06\/22090527\/tinaturner73.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-130888\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ike Turner Jr. Dies at 67: Remembering a Life in Music and Family Passing and Cause of Death Ike Turner Jr., son of music legends Tina and Ike Turner, passed away on&nbsp;October 4, 2025, a day after his 67th birthday.&nbsp;Jacqueline Bullock, Tina Turner\u2019s niece, confirmed he died from&nbsp;kidney failure&nbsp;after battling heart problems and a recent&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6579,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6578"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6580,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6578\/revisions\/6580"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}