How long was Tina Turner married to Ike?
THE “Queen of Rock and Roll” Tina Turner began her career in Ike Turner’s Kings of Rhythm band. The duo were extremely popular for their music in the late 1950’s and eventually sparked a romance as their career progressed. How long was Tina Turner married to Ike? Tina and Ike Turner were married for 16 […]
THE “Queen of Rock and Roll” Tina Turner began her career in Ike Turner’s Kings of Rhythm band.
The duo were extremely popular for their music in the late 1950’s and eventually sparked a romance as their career progressed.
How long was Tina Turner married to Ike?
Tina and Ike Turner were married for 16 years.
The star was only 22 years old when she fell in love with Ike, who was five years her junior, according to the BBC.
The pair met at a nightclub in Manhattan and sparked up a romance after singing together.
After dating for some time, Tina and Ike traveled to Tijuana, Mexico to get married in 1962.
She alleged that their relationship was physically abusive and in her memoir, My Love Story, Tina described feeling reluctant to wed, saying: “(Arguing) would just make him mad, and that might lead to a beating.
Adding: “I definitely didn’t want a black eye on my wedding day.”
She recounted to W Magazine that Ike was upset when she would not change her name, saying: “First, he was verbally abusive. Then, he picked up a wooden shoe stretcher.
“Ike knew what he was doing. If you play guitar, you never use your fists in a fight. He used the shoe stretcher to strike me in the head — always the head.”
Ultimately, the singer left him in 1976 and their divorced finalized just two years later.
She remarried music executive Erwin Bach in 2013 in Lake Zurich, Switzerland.
Turner, now 81, says goodbye to her fans in a new documentary film as she reveals she is battling a form of post-traumatic stress disorder.
Did Tina and Ike Turner have kids?
Tina and Ike had two sons together, Ronald Renelle and Raymond Craig Turner.
Raymond Craig was adopted by Ike as Tina had him in a previous relationship with bandmate Raymond Hill.
In addition, Ike had two other sons, Ike Turner Jr. and Michael Turner from a previous marriage to a woman named Lorraine Taylor.
Ike also had Mia Turner with Ann Thomas, and Twanna Melby Turner with Pat Richard.
When did Ike Turner die?
Ike passed away on December 12, 2007 at his home in San Marcos, California.
His body was reportedly found by his ex-wife Ann and his assistant Falina Rasool.
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The musician’s funeral was held on December 21, 2007 and was subsequently cremated.
The San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office reported that Turner had died from a cocaine overdose, as it was reported in January of 2008.
Ike left no will to his fortune and a judge ruled that his children would be the beneficiaries of his estate amid his passing.