Tina Turner sad sad farewell to her son Craig – Schweizer Illustrierte

No mother wants to bury her child. Tina Turner had to go now this heavy machine. She took leave of her son Craig, who died in early July

"It's the saddest moment of my life," writes Tina Turner about a photo that She posted on Instagram this Friday, featuring the singer throwing a rose into the sea. my son Craig Raymond Turner said goodbye. Tina Turner is supported at her worst by her husband Erwin Bach, 62 years old.

He leaves the back of his wife and his family and friends are in California Coast assembled, you scatter the ashes of the deceased in the sea. "His life ended so tragically at 59 years, but he will always be my baby " concludes the 78-year-old, who expresses his son's suicide for the first time.

Tense relationship with their sons

Craig Raymond Turner took his gun to his home in North Los Angeles on July 3, using a firearm. This, after suffering depression for many years. He was the first child of the singer. She was only 18 when she gave birth to him. The father was saxophonist Raymond Hill. Ike Turner, † 78, adopted Raymond after the marriage with Tina.

After the death of his son, the American has withdrawn from the public. Lange was not sure to attend the funeral. The relationship between the world star and their children is considered tense. In addition to his firstborn, the singer had his son Ronnie, 57, with Ike Turner. She also adopted the two children her late ex-husband married, Michael, 59, and Ike Jr, 58.

"We have not talked for a long time."

Her youngest son, Ike Jr. once confessed: "Tina has raised me since I was two years old." is the only mother I know But I have not talked to my mother for a long time – probably the last time around the year 2000. The same thing applies to my brothers. "

The relationship has cooled when the icon of music has moved to Switzerland. Since 1994, Tina Turner and her husband Erwin live in the Küssnacht municipality, in Zurich , directly on the lake. Since 2013, the American has Swiss nationality and the same year, he married the couple after 27 years of succession.