Ike Turner Jr., the second-eldest child in the brood shared by fellow musicians Tina and Ike, has died.

He had turned 67 the day before his death.

Turner died Saturday of kidney failure in a Los Angeles hospital, his cousin Jaqueline Bullock, Tina Turner’s niece, told TMZ. He’d had severe cardiac problems for years and suffered a stroke in September, she said.

He was second in line behind Craig Raymond Turner, Tina Turner’s child with saxophonist Raymond Hill. Ike Jr.’s biological mother was Lorraine Taylor, Ike Sr.’s first wife with whom he had two children. Tina Turner adopted both Ike Jr. and his brother, Michael, when she married Ike Sr. in 1962, and Ike Sr. adopted Craig. The two also had a son together, Ronnie Turner.

Craig Turner committed suicide in 2019 at age 59, while Ronnie

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