Tina Turner’s son Ronnie Turner died from this – Rolling Stone

From the 2024 archive:

The cause of death of Tina Turner’s son Ronnie Turner has been determined. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office said the primary cause of death was complications of metastatic colon cancer following an autopsy conducted Tuesday (Dec. 13). Specifically, this means that the cancer has spread to other organs.

His natural death was ultimately caused by atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, in which deposits of fats and cholesterol impede blood flow.

After Turner was found gasping for breath on the sidewalk outside his Encino home last Thursday at the age of 62, paramedics were unable to save him. Turner was pronounced dead at the scene.

Ike and Tina Turner’s son reportedly had health problems long before, but didn’t make any of them public before his death.

Tina Turner mourns with her eyes closed

Tina Turner sadly posted a picture of herself with her eyes closed on Instagram last week and wrote: “Ronnie, you left the world far too soon. In my grief I close my eyes and think of you, my beloved son.”

Turner’s wife Afida also appeared on Instagram with her eyes closed and called her husband a “true angel” with a “great soul.” Both got married in 2007.

The death of Ronnie Turner joins a series of tragic blows of fate for Tina Turner: Ronnie’s brother Craig, the eldest son of Tina Turner and the saxophonist Raymond Hill, took his own life in 2018. Her ex-husband Ike Turner died of a cocaine overdose in 2007. Alline Bullock, Tina Turner’s older sister, died in 2010.

“What’s Love Got To Do With It?”

Tina Turner’s death shocked the world in May of this year. The icon left behind a life’s work that few other artists can match. To celebrate the singer’s career, the single collection “Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll” will be released on November 24th. The compilation’s 55 tracks include songs from her entire solo career. The set is released not only as a stream/download, but also as a 3-CD and 5LP set and as a reduced vinyl version with 12 tracks.

In addition to Tina Turner’s most successful singles – including “What’s Love Got To Do With It”, “We Don’t Need Another Hero”, “The Best” and “I Don’t Wanna Lose You” – the collection also includes duets with other artists such as David Bowie, Bryan Adams, Eric Clapton and Rod Stewart. In addition, the musician’s 1996 track “Something Beautiful Remains” was reworked by producer Terry Britten. A new version of the song, now titled “Something Beautiful,” will also be included in the set.

A foreword by Bryan Adams is included on all physical variants. “Tina changed the course of my life, as I credit her with taking me from obscurity to the stages of the UK and Europe. I am so grateful that she shared some of her precious time with me. She was a force of nature, no one had her energy or her voice,” writes Turner’s long-time friend and creative partner. Finally, he alludes to his 1985 song with the singer: “It’s only love, and that’s all.”

The new version of “Something Beautiful Remains”:

3CD/Digital/Streaming Tracklist:

1. CD

1. Whole Lotta Love
2. Acid Queen
3. Root, Toot Undisputable Rock ‘n’ Roller
4. Viva La Money
5. Sometimes When We Touch
6. Music Keeps Me Dancin’
7. Let’s Stay Together
8. Help
9. What’s Love Got To Do With It
10. Better Be Good To Me
11. Private Dancers
12. I Can’t Stand The Rain
13. Show Some Respect
14. We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)
15. One Of The Living
16. It’s Only Love (with Bryan Adams)
17. Typical Male
18. Two people
19. What You Get Is What You See
20. Girls

2nd CD

1. Break Every Rule
2. Paradise is here
3. Afterglow
4. Tearing Us Apart (with Eric Clapton)
5. Addicted to Love (Live in Europe)
6. A Change is Gonna Come (Live in Europe)
7. Tonight (with David Bowie) (Live in Europe)
8. River Deep, Mountain High (Live in Europe)
9. The Best (Edit)
10. Steamy windows
11. I Don’t Wanna Lose You
12. Look Me In The Heart
13. Foreign Affair
14. Be Tender With Me Baby
15. It Takes Two (with Rod Stewart)
16. Nutbush City Limits (The 90’s Version)
17. Love Thing
18. Way Of The World

3rd CD

1. I Want You Near Me
2. I Don’t Wanna Fight
3. Disco Inferno
4. Why Must We Wait Until Tonight?
5. Proud Mary
6. Goldeneye
7. Whatever you want
8. On Silent Wings
9. Missing You
10. In Your Wildest Dreams (with Barry White)
11. Cose della Vita (with Eros Ramazzotti)
12. When The Heartache Is Over
13. Whatever you need
14. Open Arms
15. Teach Me Again (with Elisa)
16. What’s Love Got to Do With It (Kygo remix)
17. Something Beautiful (2023 version)

1LP

Side 1

1. What’s Love Got To Do With It
2. Let’s Stay Together
3. Private Dancers
4. We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)
5. Nutbush City Limits (The 90s Version)
6. River Deep, Mountain High (Live in Europe)

Side 2

1. Steamy windows
2. I Don’t Wanna Lose You
3. I Don’t Wanna Fight
4. When The Heartache Is Over
5. Proud Mary
6. The Best