Tina Turner attends fashion show in Paris moments before her son Craig is found dead from suicide at his LA home
- Craig Raymond Turner was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, aged 59, at his home in Studio City, California on Tuesday
- Tina attended the Giorgio Armani Prive Haute Couture show in Paris four hours before her son was found
- The musician was just 18 when she gave birth to Craig, whose father was a saxophonist named Raymond Hill
- Tina later married Ike Turner, who adopted her son and gave him his name
- Craig worked in real estate in the San Fernando Valley
- Tina has four children; Craig, and Ronnie, 57, her only child with Ike, as well as his two children from his first marriage who Tina adopted when they married in 1962; Ike Jnr, 59, and Michael, 58
- Ike Jr. said his mother had all but disappeared from her children's lives after the move overseas, although he said they were looked after financially
Tina Turner attended the Giorgio Armani Prive Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2018-2019 show in Paris on Tuesday, hours before her son was found dead from suicide.
The 78-year-old singer's eldest son Craig Raymond Turner was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, aged 59, at his home in Studio City, California, TMZ reports.
Tina was pictured on the red carpet at 4pm (GMT) just four hours before authorities are said to have entered Craig's flat and pronounced him dead on the scene.
Tragic news: Tina Turner attended the Giorgio Armani Prive Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2018-2019 show in Paris on Tuesday, hours before her son was found dead from suicide
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Tina was just 18 when she gave birth to Craig, whose father was a saxophonist named Raymond Hill, she later married Ike Turner, who adopted her son and gave him his name. Craig worked in real estate in the San Fernando Valley.
The news broke moments after Tina was seen attending Haute Couture Paris Fashion Week on Tuesday for the Giorgio Armani Prive Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2018-2019 show.
She was pictured smiling on the red carpet and posing joyously with actress Roberta Armani.
Heartbreaking: The 78-year-old singer's eldest son Craig Raymond Turner was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, aged 59, at his home in Studio City, California
Tina has four children: her son Craig, and Ronnie, 57, her and Ike's only child together, as well as Ike's two children from his first marriage who Tina adopted when they married in 1962; Ike Jnr, 59, and Michael, 58.
The turbulent story of Ike and Tina is part of music history.
The drug addict son of a Mississippi preacher, Ike regularly beat up Tina until, after 16 years, she fled in the middle of the night in a bloodstained white suit with just 36 cents in her pocket.
Different country: The news broke moments after Tina was seen attending Paris Fashion Week for the Giorgio Armani Prive Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2018-2019 show
In May 2005, Tina told Oprah her eldest son Craig, who had seen his mom get abused by Ike Snr., was 'a very emotional kid'.
'They saw the black eyes. Ike's children never reacted, but my oldest son, Craig, was a very emotional kid. He'd always look down in sadness.
'One day when Ike was fighting me, Craig knocked on the door and said, "Mother, are you all right?"
'I thought, "Oh, please, don't beat me at home." I didn't want my children to hear. I tried to have meals with the children, talk to them about life. But Ike had no sense of that. He'd always come home late from the studio. It was awful.'
Family portrait: Ike Senior and Tina pose for a portrait with their sons in 1972. Clockwise from bottom left: Michael Turner, Ike Turner Jr, Ike Turner, Craig Hill and Ronnie Turner
Shocking: In May 2005, Tina told Oprah her eldest, who had seen his mom get abused by Ike Snr., was 'a very emotional kid' (Tina pictured with Ike Turner in 1963)
Tina has lived in Switzerland since 1994 with German music producer Erwin Bach. The couple married five years ago.
Ike Jr. said his mother had all but disappeared from her children's lives after the move overseas, although he said they were looked after financially.
'My mother is living her life – she has a new husband and she's in Europe. She doesn't want to have anything to do with the past.'
According to Ike Jnr, Tina, 78, has distanced herself from the part of her life spent with his father and has cut herself off from her children.
Ike Jnr said the last he knew, Craig was doing OK. Their other brother Michael is reportedly in a convalescent home in Southern California.
Ike and Tina were always absent parents, he claimed.
Hours before tragedy: Tina was pictured smiling on the red carpet and posing joyously with actress Roberta Armani
Beaming: Tina had seemed in excellent spirits at the fashion show beaming broadly
Tina's life is currently being charted in the West End musical Tina, which looks at her humble beginnings in Nutbush, Tennessee, to how she established herself in the limelight as the queen of Rock n Roll.
Tina first told her story in her 1986 autobiography, I, Tina, and according to reports, she will release another memoir titled Tina Turner: My Love Story later this year.
The legendary artist's new book will cover her 'finding love' and overcoming a 'life threatening illness,' according to Entertainment Weekly.
Tina's first memoir was turned into the biopic What's Love Got To Do With It, which starred Angela Bassett.
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Walking the red carpet: Tina had happily posed for pictures at the glitzy event
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