Good riddance. Via the controversial New York Post headline, if a freak like Turner is going to ‘beat’ a woman to death, let it be like this.
‘No comment’ says Tina Turner as Ike dies
Ike Turner, the legendary American musician who was perhaps better known for his abusive relationship with his former wife, Tina Turner, than for his contribution to the history of rock’n’roll, died at his home in San Diego last night at the age of 76. It was not immediately known what caused his death.
Tina Turner declined to comment on her former husband’s death. “Tina is aware that Ike passed away earlier today. She has not had any contact with him in 35 years. No further comment will be made,†said her spokeswoman, Michele Schweitzer…
It was Turner’s relationship with a mixed-race Tennessee girl called Anna Mae Bullock, that came to define his public image — much to his later despair and frustration. [His despair?!] […]
The relationship with Tina was doomed, with Turner allegedly cheating on his wife and becoming addicted to cocaine. The drug addiction culminated in his allegedly beating his wife before a concert in Dallas in 1976. Tina Turner later described how she fled with only 36 cents and a petrol station credit card and spent months in hiding…
His career recovered slightly in his twilight years but many found his denials of abuse towards his wife unconvincing. In his 2001 autobiography, Taking Back My Name, Turner wrote: “Sure, I’ve slapped Tina. There have been times when I punched her to the ground without thinking. But I never beat her.â€
As I said, good effing riddance.
I second the ‘good effing riddance.’
When we die, I believe that we undergo a “life review” in which we not only re-experience how our actions affected us but also how they affected other people, for good or bad. In Ike’s case, he’ll know exactly what it feels like to be beaten up.
I just love imagining the life reviews of beasts like Hitler and bin Laden, don’t you?
I do believe it is wrong to speak ill of the dead, simply because they are no longer able to defend themselves. Our legal system similarly ceases all criminal action against a deceased person for the same reasons. However, I do not feel it is wrong to remark that the world has become a better place with the passing of a particularly odious villain, thug, bully or criminal. In the case of Ike Turner I feel safe in suggesting that at least the world has not become a worse place with his passing. Kudos to Tina for having survived her time with him and lived to flourish. Further kudos to her for having the class to keep her thoughts to herself on the occasion of his death. Her class is obvious by her actions.
[Well, actually, her silence is more damning than if she managed to say something innocuous.–ed.]
You can’t say that Ike Turner made the world a slightly better pl;ace. If he truly repented of his horrible behavior then good for him.
Thank God this guy isn’t polluting our atmosphere with his CO 2 and methane any longer. One down, several billion to go, right Al (I mean savior)?
Ike must’ve been defended by Billary back in the day…
Thanks for being the one place that did not try to put lipstick on the pig…
Quoting Kelly: “When we die, I believe that we undergo a “life review” in which we not only re-experience how our actions affected us but also how they affected other people, for good or bad. In Ike’s case, he’ll know exactly what it feels like to be beaten up.”
My wife has been watching “Ghost Whisperer” lately, and I’ve caught a few episodes along with her. I keep trying to tell her that the “Ghost Whisperer” view of life after death is pretty darn depressing, because every ghost she deals with is just as petty, small-minded and cruel as a ghost as they were alive (one dead guy even believes, as a ghost, that he is Santa Claus!). I’ll have to share your comment with her, it doesn’t fit my beliefs exactly, but it’s closer than anything I’ve been able to logically express to my wife.