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turbinetree

(24,632 posts)
Wed Jul 4, 2018, 11:59 PM Jul 2018

Craig Raymond Turner, eldest son of Tina Turner, dies from gunshot wound

Son of superstar singer, who was a real estate agent in Los Angeles, dies in an apparent suicide

Tina Turner’s eldest son, Craig Raymond Turner, has died in an apparent suicide aged 59.

A Los Angeles coroner confirmed to Variety that Turner was found dead at his home in Studio City, California, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. His mother hasn’t commented on the news.

Craig was born to Tina Turner – then Anna Mae Bullock – when she was 18 and Raymond Hill, a saxophonist for the Kings of Rhythm, the backing band for Ike Turner. Tina and Raymond’s relationship soon fell apart, and Tina began a relationship with Ike as well as joining his band and later marrying him.

Their relationship was fractious and Tina was subjected to domestic violence, something that Craig witnessed. “Ike’s children never reacted, but my oldest son, Craig, was a very emotional kid,” Turner told Oprah Winfrey in 2005. “He’d always look down in sadness. One day when Ike was fighting me, Craig knocked on the door and said, ‘Mother, are you all right?’”

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jul/04/craig-raymond-turner-eldest-son-of-tina-turner-dies-from-gunshot-wound









You are one classy person....................................so sorry

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Craig Raymond Turner, eldest son of Tina Turner, dies from gunshot wound (Original Post) turbinetree Jul 2018 OP
Hopefully he was able to find some happiness in his life. oasis Jul 2018 #1
Oh so sad.. Cha Jul 2018 #2
She is one of the really good people.........really good people and all of her work and causes turbinetree Jul 2018 #3
Rest in peace shenmue Jul 2018 #4
It is very hard to be a child of domestic violence. sheshe2 Jul 2018 #5

turbinetree

(24,632 posts)
3. She is one of the really good people.........really good people and all of her work and causes
Thu Jul 5, 2018, 12:16 AM
Jul 2018

your welcome and thanks for Tina .......................Cha............

sheshe2

(83,356 posts)
5. It is very hard to be a child of domestic violence.
Thu Jul 5, 2018, 01:19 AM
Jul 2018

It really is. It can scar you for life.

Love Tina and my heart goes out to her and her own.

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