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Ike Turner's Last Moments Revealed -- Continued

Posted Dec 15th 2007 2:28PM by TMZ Staff

TMZ has exclusively learned how the events of Ike Turner's last moments played out.

Ike Turner had just finished eating breakfast last Wednesday morning at his home in San Marcos, Calif. and decided to lay down to rest for a few minutes. His personal assistant was at the house, along with members of the Kings of Rhythm band. One of the musicians from the band went to wake Ike up, and he was non-responsive. We're told paramedics were called around 11:00 AM and unsuccessfully performed CPR.

The cause of death is not yet known, but according to Turner's manager, Ike had been suffering from emphysema for years and the disease was getting progressively worse.

Despite health issues, Ike continued to record and had several tours scheduled for 2008. Ike's manager tells TMZ that the musician was in final negotiations for a life story movie and was near the end of filming a pilot for a reality TV show.

There will be a public viewing of Ike Turner's body at the Angelus Funeral Home in L.A. on December 20. Funeral services are also public and will be held at the Greater Bethany Community Church City of Refuge in Gardena, Calif. on December 21.

Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Little Richard and Soloman Burke are scheduled to speak at the funeral service.

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16. I agree he should just be left alone. I also had seen them in concert as team back in the 60's. They were an awesome pair and had some great music together. she was just as awesome wihout him. He was an abuser, let it go. She did I am sure. As far as Karma, if you smoke you get emphysema. I see it has nothing to do with Karma at all. It was just the choices he made about his body. It was his time to go. Period--final.

Posted at 2:49PM on Dec 15th 2007 by Lori

17. R.I.P. Ike Turner

Posted at 3:04PM on Dec 15th 2007 by IVELLIZE

18. The racists and man-bashers are on the same side; big surprise. RIP, brother.

Posted at 3:41PM on Dec 15th 2007 by yada

19. to poster #1: my grandpa suffered from many illnesses before he died, one of them being emphysema ... due to alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency. he was a good man, and didn't deserve to suffer as he did. it's a shame that your comment will be the first comment everyone sees.

dying in a house with his band members and personal assistant, not true loved ones, was perhaps ike's karma. saying emphysema was karma puts you in the same boat as the people who think 9/11 and katrina happened because of sinners.

Posted at 4:07PM on Dec 15th 2007 by yeppers

20. lori ... my grandpa had emphysema and never smoked. some musicians, comedians, bartenders, waiters, etc. get it from second-hand smoke. maybe ike smoked, maybe he didn't, but to generalize it like that is dare i say ... ignorant? not all people with emphysema, or lung cancer, smoke ... and not all people who smoke get emphysema, or lung cancer.

Posted at 4:26PM on Dec 15th 2007 by yeppers

21. I am a fan of Tina! I love how she found the courage to leave and stay gone! He was cold to her and he loved to embarrass her in front of others. I don't care what he did for the music industry! Whatever! Men that abuse and humiliate women need to stop or just die. AND women who choose to stay with such men and put these abusive jerks before the well-being of the children should just do the same! I'm so anti-abuse after enduring a situation similar to Tina's. When I watched the movie about her, I literally bawled for hours! I know that fear and pain. There is no forgiveness or mercy for an abuser unless he actually admits his guilt and apologizes personally. That's something abusers tend to not do. Most abusers are very egocentric and cannot see the errors of their ways. It's best that they go on ahead and just die. The world will be a better place without them.

Posted at 4:47PM on Dec 15th 2007 by Jewels

22. Jewels ... I'm sorry for whatever you went through. You're obviously still not over it. You despise abusers and women who put up with the abuse so much that you too have become cold ... cold enough to wish death on people you don't know; even victims of domestic abuse.

The best thing anyone ever told me as a child was "if you see people do or say things you don't like, remember to never do it yourself." I now have a very long list of things I will never do. It's hard to keep up with it all, but it's well worth it. Rise above, Jewels ... just rise above.

Posted at 4:54PM on Dec 15th 2007 by FIGHT

23. Ike Turner's musical talents and contributions to the musical industry are undeniable. The way he lived his life is not for us to judge, but only for God to judge. I think some of the mean spirited comments that have been posted are a very sad sign of the times. Mr. Turner may be gone, but he may very well never be forgotten.

Posted at 5:36PM on Dec 15th 2007 by So Cal Fan

24. Let me explain something about being beaten by a man. You don't remember the good times, you remember the horror.
Ike did get a chance to tell his side of the story. He wrote a BOOK that you can probably still get a hold of and read his side of the story and gave numerous interviews that you can google and read, but when you defend yourself like Ike "defended" himself? You don't win any supporters. He admitted to slapping Tina and knocking her to the ground when he "wasn't thinking." He also said that he felt comfortable with what he'd done to Tina because he would deem it acceptable for that to be done to his own MOTHER! Ike also made the comment that he never beat Tina...she beat him.
In our society, if Tina's allegations had been false....Ike would have had a gaggle of attorneys ready to sue her.
History will eventually make it a sidenote that Ike was a wife-beating creep and focus on his musical achievements.
It would have been so much better for his career if he'd fessed up to what he did to Tina and acted remorseful. Ike choose to continue to stroke his own ego and suffered for it.
You reap what you sow.

Posted at 5:29PM on Dec 15th 2007 by Lala

25. Rest in peace brotha IKE!!! And for all you IKE haters even a wife beater can make it into heaven just like all of you NICE PEOPLE can make it into HELL! "Judge ye not" but get your own like together first! PEACE.

Posted at 5:50PM on Dec 15th 2007 by justafu

26. *life

Posted at 5:52PM on Dec 15th 2007 by Justafu

27. Ike had a good long life he always had a stratocaster & a lady in his life he might have lived another 20 years had it not been for the kools & newports all you people hooked on the ports thinking your kool better learn from what happend to Ike

Posted at 6:04PM on Dec 15th 2007 by james

28. I said they need to stop or die. I said they can apologize and be forgiven. I'm not wishing death on people I don't know, I just want abuse to stop. Abusers ruin people and that puts a huge strain on society in general. That's what I said.

Posted at 6:39PM on Dec 15th 2007 by Jewels

29. i know tina cant forget the the things that ike did to her but she should have forgiven him years ago seeing him laid to rest should not bother her a bit be considerate tina he was human

Posted at 7:09PM on Dec 15th 2007 by eruffin

30. I had the good fortune to see Ike several times in recent years. His music was on fire and you could plainly see why he was hall of fame all the way. I will miss him and all the blues world will miss him. Ike you were fantastic. I will remember you for your talent. Lord, forgive this man for his past mistakes and allow him to entertain all the souls in heaven this holiday season and forever. AMEN

Posted at 7:42PM on Dec 15th 2007 by Rory

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