Mourning in the family of the late diva Tina Tarner – Her son, Aik Tarker Jr. He left his last breath at the age of 67.
The news of the death of Aik Tarker Jr., the son of Tina and Aik Tarner, was confirmed by the renewal of the legendary singer, Jacqueline Bullock at Page Six.
“With great regret we announce the death of my cousin, Ike Turner, Jr.,” Bullock said in a statement. “Junior was more than a cousin for me, he was like a brother, as we grew up together in the same famous family.”
According to international media, Aik died yesterday (04.10.2025) at a Los Angeles hospital from kidney failure.
“As the son of Tina and Ike Turner, from an early age, his talent was obvious, as there was no musical instrument that he didn’t want to play. Although early on he preferred the drums, my aunt and his mother, Tina Turner, insisted on disassembling his drums after every rehearsal.
This led him to prefer the keys. Eventually, Junior ended up helping to manage the Bolic Sound Studios, the recording studios founded by his father, Aik Turner, “Bullock added.
“Although he faced the same challenges we face many of us, he became a sought -after soundtrack, musician and winner of Grammy for his father’s” Risin ‘with the blues “album.”
Bullock concluded her statement by saying that the family is demanding privacy right now.
Drugs that are almost swallowed
Ike Jr. became a front page before Tina Tarner’s death in 2023, when He was arrested for possession of drugs.
According to then reports, he was held in the Brazoria County prison on May 6, 2023. Then, police said Ike Jr. He tried to “eliminate” the drugs he had in possession of -seized 1.7 grams of crack and 0.7 grams of methamphetamine.
“He tried to swallow the drugs before police could seize them,” a police source said. He was finally sentenced to imprisonment 18 days before Tina’s death on May 24, 2023, at the age of 83.
Ike Turner adopted Jr. and Michael Turner before getting married to Tina Tarner, who then adopted the two sons when they got married in 1962. Aik Jr. With his parents, he always had ups and downs. In 2018, he told the Daily Mail that he had not spoken to Tina for over a decade.
“I haven’t talked to my mother since God knows when – probably since 2000. My mother lives her life – has a new husband and lives in Europe. He doesn’t want to have anything to do with the past, “he said.
He also argued in the same interview that his father – who died of an overdose of cocaine in 2007 – “hit me on his head with a pistol” because I worked for a while as a Tarner sound engineer.