Tina Turner reportedly died with out ever having met ‘most’ of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
The ‘Queen of Rock n Roll’ is survived by two of her 4 sons, in addition to two grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren.
Turner died in her Switzerland residence on May 24 on the age of 83 from an undisclosed sickness.
Now, Page Six claims the mom of 4 didn’t let on to her wider household that she was ”seriously ill” within the lead as much as her demise.
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The music icon’s shut pal, Cher, confirmed on social media Turner “was really sick and not wanting people to know about it”, after struggling with sickness “for a long time”.
According to Page Six, the River Deep, Mountain High singer by no means met her grandchildren and great-grandchildren from her organic son Ronald ‘Ronnie’ Turner and her adoptive son Michael Turner.
Ronald, the organic son of Tina and Ike Turner, who had an infamously tumultuous marriage shared three youngsters from his marriage to spouse Afida Turner.
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He died in December 2022 on the age of 62, his spouse revealing he had suffered a medical emergency after falling unwell within the weeks previous to his demise.
In a touching tribute, Turner shared her heartbreak to the world on Instagram.
“Ronnie, you left the world far too early. In sorrow i close my eyes and think of you, my beloved son,” she wrote.
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The singer reportedly did not get the prospect to fulfill Ronnie’s two youngsters, Raquel and Randy, nor her granddaughter Raquel’s two sons, Tyson and Tyrese.
The Proud Mary singer was additionally the grandmother of Tiffany Turner-Dukes, 40, the daughter of Michael Turner – who Turner adopted, alongside Ike Jr., from her marriage to their father Ike Turner in 1962.
Tiffany is the founder of an anti-bullying non-profit and apparently takes after her grandmother as she can also be credited as a musician.
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Tiffany, nor her three youngsters Marli, Amari and Gianni, ever met their well-known relative in individual. However, Tiffany posted a candy tribute to her late grandmother, writing, “Rest in freedom…Uncle Craig and Ronnie are waiting for you.”
The publish references Turner’s loss of each her organic sons Ronnie and Craig, who died earlier than their mom.
Turner shared Craig with saxophonist Raymond Hill, who was in Ike’s band Kings of Rhythm. She had Craig when she was 18 and nonetheless in highschool.
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Craig died by suicide in 2018 on the age of 59.
Turner shared on Twitter that dropping her firstborn was her “saddest moment as a mother”.
During a chat with shut pal Oprah Winfrey, the singer shared her disbelief and grief over his demise.
“During our last talk, he said, ‘I just want to hear your voice and that laugh.’ He had never said something like that. I think that was his goodbye to me, but I didn’t realise it at the time,” Turner recalled.
Neither Craig nor Ike Jr. had any youngsters.
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