Tina Turner posts heartbreaking tribute to her son Ronnie after he was found ... trends now
Tina Turner has broken her silence on her son's untimely passing in an emotional tribute Friday afternoon.
Ronnie Turner, 62, had been found Thursday morning struggling to breathe outside his Los Angeles home, TMZ revealed Friday morning. His neighbors' efforts to revive him were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
A cause of death has not been announced, and it remains unclear whether his death was related to his previous cancer diagnosis.
The 83-year-old hitmaker later posted a black-and-white photo of herself grieving, writing: 'Ronnie, you left the world far too early.
'In sorrow I close my eyes and think of you, my beloved son.'
Her post follows a similar one Ronnie's wife, Afida, posted earlier in the day.
His death comes just four years after the singer's older son, Craig, shot himself dead in July 2018. Turner gave birth to Craig when she was just 18, having gotten pregnant by saxophone player Raymond Hill.
Tina Turner, 83, posted a heartbreaking tribute to her son, Ronnie, on Friday after it was revealed he died outside his Los Angeles home at the age of 62
His wife, Afida, posted a moving tribute to her late husband on Friday, sharing photos of them over the years. The couple are pictured here with Ronnie's famous mother
Ronnie Turner is pictured with his wife Afida at a memorial service for his late father Ike in 2007. Ronnie was found dead at his LA home on Friday morning
Ronnie was found struggling to breathe outside his San Fernando Valley home (pictured) and efforts to save him with CPR ultimately failed
Afida Turner seemed to struggle with her emotions on Friday as she shared photos on Instagram
Police were said to be first called to Ronnie's home Thursday morning, when a person called to report that he was struggling to breathe outside their Los Angeles home.
Paramedics then rushed to the home in San Fernando Valley, where they found bystanders attempting CPR.
But their efforts ultimately failed, and Ronnie was pronounced dead at the scene.
On Friday, his grief-stricken wife posted a rambling tribute to her late-husband, whom she called a 'true angel' with a 'huge soul who is 'highly spiritual.'
She said he was her 'best friend, my baby,' while she was 'your mummy, your nurse.'
'I did the best to the end this time,' she wrote as she shared photos of their time together. 'I was not able to save you.'
Afida added that she has loved him for 17 years, saying: 'This is very, very, very bad, I am very mad.
'This is a tragedy, [you] with your brother Craig and your father Ike Turner and Aline,' she continued as she wished he would 'rest in Paradise.'
'So unfair,' she concluded.
The couple wed in 2007, after Ronnie made a name for himself starring alongside his mom in the 1993 biopic What's Love Got To Do With It, which told the story of her life, and playing bass guitar for a number of her tours.
He also played in his own band, called Manufactured Funk.
Afida called her husband her 'best friend, my baby,' and shared this photo of him with their dog
Afida was presumably the person who called 911 Thursday morning to report that Ronnie was struggling to breathe outside their home
Afida previously shared this photo on her Instagram for Ronnie's 62 birthday
He had previously faced a history of drug-related arrests, and was busted in August 1999 for possession of cocaine — with authorities alleging he was selling the drugs.
A Los Angeles judge set his bail at $45,000 at the time — noting he was convicted of possession of a controlled substance just two years earlier, as well as sale of a controlled substance in 1987 and possession of cocaine in 1988, RadarOnline reports.
Ronnie had to register as a narcotics offender in the aftermath, but was said to have failed to kick his addiction — even going as far as to kick his common-law wife and their two children out of his apartment when they tried to push him to stop taking drugs.
The family is said to have taken refuge in their car in the aftermath, with one insider saying at the
