R.I.P.
Ike Turner Has Died

ike turnerTMZ has confirmed that music legend and the former Mr. Anna Mae Bullock has died. He was 76.

Turner apparently died in his home in San Marcos, Calif., just outside of San Diego.

Sources close to the family tell TMZ he may have died in his sleep.

TMZ caught up with the R&B star back in May after the legend spent a night in jail after his bogus arrest over a recalled 1989 warrant.

Ike was married four times, most famously to Tina Turner. The famous singing duo had seven top ten R&B songs and famously divorced in 1978 amidst his constant abuse towards her.

Ike has four known children: sons Ike Jr., Michael, Ronald and daughter Mia.

The Recording Academy issued the following the statement about Turner's passing: "There is no doubt that Ike Turner was one of rock and roll's great architects with his genre-defying sound as an instrumentalist and bandleader ... As a two-time GRAMMY® Award winner and recipient of The Recording Academy's 2004 Heroes Award, Ike's legacy as a groundbreaking pioneer in the music industry will never be forgotten."

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46. Tina has forgiven this man for the terrible things he did to her. You people need to get over it less someone "dance" all over your grave too.

Posted at 4:36PM on Dec 12th 2007 by get over it

47. gave us good music, good riffs......
thankfully tina turner became strong enough to emancipate herself from his abusing ways....

Posted at 4:36PM on Dec 12th 2007 by another day

48. Move over Johnny Cochran Hell has a new president

Posted at 4:37PM on Dec 12th 2007 by STAN

49. He probably watched the Iowa Republican debate too...

Posted at 4:39PM on Dec 12th 2007 by Yossi

50. Who ever wrote if it weren't for Ik than Tina would be nothing should be beat down like Tina was. How dare you state that remark. Noone, absolutely noone, deserves to be abused. Shame on you!!!

Posted at 4:43PM on Dec 12th 2007 by Stan

51. Hate him or not, Ike Turner was a HUGE force in rock 'n' roll music as a musician, producer and talent scout.

He was largely responsible for helping black music jump the gap from the "race charts" to the mainstream in the early '50s. If you haven't heard him rip it up on Jackie Brensten's "Rocket 88" do yourself a favor.

Posted at 4:40PM on Dec 12th 2007 by zekedog

52. HEY TINA........THIS WIFE BEATING IDIOT HAS GONE ON TO ANOTHER LIFE...HOPEFULLY HE CAN GET THAT ONE RIGHT........THE WORLD IS BETTER OFF WITHOUT ANOTHER DRUGGIE IN IT. HELL LET ALL DRUGGIES KILL THEMSELVES WITH THEIR ADDICTIONS...TIRED OF SEEING PEOPLE IN THE ENETERTAINMENT BUSINESS DOING DRUGS AND WERE SUPPOSE TO FEEL SORRY WHEN THEY CROAK. NO COKE IN HELL IKE...NOT EVEN ICE WATER. DANCE TINA DANCE ON THIS IDIOTS GRAVE.

Posted at 4:43PM on Dec 12th 2007 by WHATS LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT?

53. he may not have been the nicest guy., but he was a brilliant musician / arranger / showman.
tina's best and most lasting work was with the ike & tina revue ... tina and the ikettes used to really work it out !! boom shakalaka boom ! sad to see any true talent leave us. s'long, ike.

Posted at 4:44PM on Dec 12th 2007 by el polacko

54. He's rollin....... rollin on da river...... RIP Ike Turner.

Posted at 6:09AM on Dec 13th 2007 by Reaper

55. Mean old bastard. I do hope he finds the peace in death that he could never find or give in life.

Posted at 4:46PM on Dec 12th 2007 by RIP

56. Isn't Tina dead too? Or is it just her career? Wthout him..there would be no Tuna.

Posted at 5:01PM on Dec 12th 2007 by bluejay

57. get over it....

Amen! Hate is a terrible thing. And whatever kind of person Ike Turner WAS (we have no idea what happened after Tina), he was still forgiven by Tina Turner. So why are you all holding on to it?

And TMZ...

He has 4 "known" children???? Is there some speculation/accusation that there are others? Or is this just some sort of assumption? I've never heard such a phrase before.

Posted at 4:49PM on Dec 12th 2007 by Erin

58. May God Bless and Keep the family as they lay Ike to rest.

Posted at 4:49PM on Dec 12th 2007 by Big Daddys Wifey

59. im sure tina is in mourning with her and ikes kids.

Posted at 4:50PM on Dec 12th 2007 by smartypants

60. So I hear he was wearing a "wife beater" when he died - LOL!

Posted at 4:51PM on Dec 12th 2007 by sex camel

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