'I think he was lonely': Tina Turner opens up on son Craig's death for first time

Tina Turner has opened up about her son Craig's death. Photo / Getty Images

Tina Turner's life has been filled with the highest of highs and lowest of lows - from a legendary five-decade music career to a husband who abused her for decades.

While Tina has found love and peace again, enjoying her retirement in Switzerland, heartbreak still came knocking on her door when her firstborn took his own life in July.

And now Tina has opened up about it for the first time, telling CBS news: "I think Craig was lonely, that's what I think really got him more than anything else."

Craig, a real estate agent, was found dead at his Los Angeles home on July 3. Weeks later, Tina scattered his ashes off the California coast.

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"My saddest moment as a mother," the rock icon wrote in a Twitter post, which included a photograph of her dropping a single red rose into the water.

"On Thursday, July 19, 2018, I said my final goodbye to my son, Craig Raymond Turner, when I gathered with family and friends to scatter his ashes off the coast of California. He was fifty-nine when he died so tragically, but he will always be my baby."

My saddest moment as a mother. On Thursday, July 19 2018, I said my final goodbye to my son, Craig Raymond Turner, when I gathered with family and friends to scatter his ashes off the coast of California. He was fifty-nine when he died so tragically, but he will always be my baby pic.twitter.com/XzZQCdz8tl

— TinaTurner (@LoveTinaTurner) July 27, 2018

But it seems, three months later, Tina has been able to find some peace with her son's tragic passing.

"I have pictures all around of him smiling," she told CBS's Gayle King. "I think I'm sensing that he's in a good place. I really do."

Tina gave birth to Craig when she was 18 years old. His father was saxophonist Raymond Hill, who was a member of Ike Turner's band Kings of Rhythm.

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