Tina Turner is headed for a breakdown after her eldest son shot himself dead in July, say fearful insiders — with the legendary “Proud Mary” singer having already been in delicate health before this latest tragedy. Now sources close to the soul diva have told The National ENQUIRER about their concerns that the sudden tragedy could kill Tina just as she’s released a memoir while celebrating a hit stage musical about her life! Craig Raymond Turner, who worked in real estate, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his home in Studio City, Calif. He was 59 years old, and born before Tina’s troubled marriage to abusive musician Ike Turner. Read on for details of Tina’s heartrending crisis, and click here for more news of troubling celebrity health scares….
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Tina later said her firstborn son killed himself because he was lonely. “That’s what I think really got him more than anything else,” she told CBS News — having gone to social media to write that the day she scattered her son's ashes off the coast of California was her “saddest day as a mother.”
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Neighbors had also reported that Craig was a loner who looked “sickly” in his final days. A source added: “Tina had a fondness for Craig because he represented a more innocent time in her life.”
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“This kind of tragedy is the type she may never recover from,” continued the insider — noting that Tina had already reportedly suffered a secret stroke In 2014. The eight-time Grammy winner also allegedly once flew to London for blood transfusions in an effort to reverse her failing health.
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Tina's even revealed saying that her husband Erwin Bach once offered her one of his kidney's after another health crisis."In Buddhism," said Tina, "you're taught that you live and you die. It's something that's accepted. And so then after Erwin said that, I said, 'Okay darling, if you're willing to give up a kidney, then fine.'"
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Insiders said Craig’s death has been especially hard because Tina has had a complicated relationship with both him (upper right, beside Ike) and his brother Ronnie (lower right, beside Tina). This 1972 pic also shows Michael and Ike Turner Jr. (bottom and top left), Ike's sons with Lorraine Taylor.
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Ronnie's father was Ike Turner, who passed away in 2007. The ENQUIRER reported in 2016 that
Tina, who married longtime beau Erwin in 2013, turned her back on Ronnie, who suffers from dementia and has a history of drug abuse.
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When Ronnie's wife, Afida, asked Tina for financial support, the celebrated survivor of Ike's abuse responded with tough love. “I love my mother-in-law," Afida said, "but I am very disappointed that I don’t get a dime from her.”
Tina later said her firstborn son killed himself because he was lonely. “That’s what I think really got him more than anything else,” she told CBS News — having gone to social media to write that the day she scattered her son's ashes off the coast of California was her “saddest day as a mother.”
Neighbors had also reported that Craig was a loner who looked “sickly” in his final days. A source added: “Tina had a fondness for Craig because he represented a more innocent time in her life.”
“This kind of tragedy is the type she may never recover from,” continued the insider — noting that Tina had already reportedly suffered a secret stroke In 2014. The eight-time Grammy winner also allegedly once flew to London for blood transfusions in an effort to reverse her failing health.
Tina's even revealed saying that her husband Erwin Bach once offered her one of his kidney's after another health crisis."In Buddhism," said Tina, "you're taught that you live and you die. It's something that's accepted. And so then after Erwin said that, I said, 'Okay darling, if you're willing to give up a kidney, then fine.'"
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Insiders said Craig’s death has been especially hard because Tina has had a complicated relationship with both him (upper right, beside Ike) and his brother Ronnie (lower right, beside Tina). This 1972 pic also shows Michael and Ike Turner Jr. (bottom and top left), Ike's sons with Lorraine Taylor.
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Ronnie's father was Ike Turner, who passed away in 2007. The ENQUIRER reported in 2016 that
Tina, who married longtime beau Erwin in 2013, turned her back on Ronnie, who suffers from dementia and has a history of drug abuse.
When Ronnie's wife, Afida, asked Tina for financial support, the celebrated survivor of Ike's abuse responded with tough love. “I love my mother-in-law," Afida said, "but I am very disappointed that I don’t get a dime from her.”
