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Ike Turner Died of Cocaine Overdose

January 16, 2008


Ike Turner's autopsy reports are in and it looks like he died from a cocaine overdose. Ike had battled an addiction with cocaine since the late 1960's until it finally took his life in December of '07.

"We are listing that he abused cocaine, and that's what resulted in the cocaine toxicity," said Paul Parker, chief investigator at the medical examiner's office.

During his career he was arrested numerous times for drug-related charges. His ex-wife Tina Turner once said that his addiction to the drug transformed him into a violent control freak. He was 76.

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Reader Comments
4:32PM 01/22/08 jack
slap tina turner give her flash backs of ike.notorious BIG
2:33PM 01/22/08 Michelle
what's love got to do with it.
2:33PM 01/22/08 Michelle
what's love got to do with it.
2:32PM 01/22/08 Michelle
what's love got to do with it.
10:47AM 01/17/08 Anna
hey "lol" are you retarded. cocain is not cool u fucking idiot!!!
3:07PM 01/16/08 American Girl
13??? are you on crack?
2:29PM 01/16/08 jenn
he was doing cocaine at age 76? talk about partying hard!
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