Ike's Death and Tina's Final Tour
On December 12, 2007, Ike Turner was found dead at 11:38 am at his home in San Marcos, California. He was 76 years old. The singer's death was found by the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office to be from a cocaine overdose, exacerbated by hypertensive cardiovascular disease and emphysema. Turner had been clean for over a decade prior but relapsed in 2004 after coming to an aid of a drug addicted friend and returned to cocaine after he "smelt the fumes".
Following news of her former partner's death, Tina Turner's personal spokeswoman released a statement that Tina was told of Ike's death but said because the couple hadn't spoken to each other "in over 30 years" that Tina refused to release a comment on the story. Turner's funeral was held at the City of Refuge Church in Gardena, California. In February of 2008, little over a month after Ike was buried, Tina made her comeback to the performing stage at the Grammy Awards performing alongside Beyoncé. Later that October, she launched her final concert tour celebrating her 50th anniversary in show business. The tour lasted until May of the following year, ending in England. In October 2007, just two months before Ike's death, a three-disc compilation, The Ike & Tina Turner Story: 1960-1975, was released by Time-Life Music.
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