TINA Turner’s abusive ex-husband Ike died at his home yesterday at the age of 76.

His music career was always overshadowed by the sickening stories of how he hit his wife.

She spilled the beans in her shocking 1986 autobiography I Tina but Ike denied the accusations for many years.

However. in 2001 he admitted: “Sure, I’ve slapped Tina. There have been times when I punched her to the ground without thinking.”

But the blues legend still insisted: “I never beat her.”

A spokesman for his management firm Thrill Entertainment said last night: “He did pass away this morning, at his home in San Marcos, in San Diego county.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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