Ike Turner Jr., the son of music icon Tina Turner, has died, aged 67.

Born in 1958 to Ike Turner Sr. and Lorraine Taylor, Ike Jr. was adopted by Tina Turner, along with his brother, Michael Turner, when she married their father in 1962.

‘Tina raised me from the age of 2. She’s the only mother I’ve ever known,’ Ike Jr. once told the Mail on Sunday.

Turner remained out of the spotlight in spite of his famous parents, although he briefly worked as a sound engineer for his mother after her divorce in 1978.

News of his death was confirmed by Tina Turner’s niece, Jacqueline Bullock, who revealed that he died on Saturdayat a Los Angeles hospital.

She told TMZ that he had heart problems for a several years prior to his death, including a stroke in early September. A statement from Ms. Bullock

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