Editing Ike Turner (section)

=== Marriages ===
Turner was married fourteen times.<ref name="Christian-10-2008" /><ref name="Stern-2007">{{Cite web|date=October 17, 2007|title=Ike Turner Is Still With His 14th Wife|url=https://www.howardstern.com/show/2007/10/17/ike-turner-is-still-with-his-14th-wife-RundownGalleryModel-8951/|website=Howard Stern}}</ref> He often married another woman [[bigamy|before divorcing his existing wife]]. Speaking on his early marriages, he said:  "You gave a preacher two dollars, the (marriage) papers cost three dollars, that was it. In those days, African Americans did not bother with divorces."<ref name="Kiersh-08-1985" />

==== Early marriages ====
Turner was first married at 16 years old to Edna Dean Stewart of [[Ruleville, Mississippi]].{{Sfn|Turner|1999|p=56}} They were married on April 10, 1948. Records show that Turner added four years to his age.<ref name="706 Union Avenue Sessions">{{Cite web|url=http://www.706unionavenue.nl/142232443|title=Biographies – Bonnie Turner|website=706 Union Avenue Sessions|access-date=July 21, 2019|archive-date=June 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190623192501/http://www.706unionavenue.nl/142232443|url-status=dead}}</ref> Edna didn't want to stay in [[Clarksdale, Mississippi|Clarksdale]], so she left Turner and returned to Ruleville.{{Sfn|Turner|1999|p=57}}

Turner's second wife, Velma Davis (née Dishman) is the elder sister of former Ikette [[Jo Armstead|Joshie Armstead]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://othersounds.com/interview-joshie-armstead/|title=Interview: Joshie Armstead|date=January 24, 2012|website=othersounds.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704161747/http://othersounds.com/interview-joshie-armstead/|archive-date=July 4, 2019|access-date=November 12, 2019}}</ref> Turner met her at the Cotton Club on Camplin Avenue in [[Yazoo City, Mississippi]] in 1948. Davis claimed that Turner was the father of her daughter Linda Turner Bullock, born in 1949.<ref name="O'Neal-2017">{{Cite journal|last=O'Neal|first=Jim|date=2017|title=Yazoo Mississippi Blues|url=http://digital.livingblues.com/publication/?i=412000&article_id=2798065&view=articleBrowser&ver=html5#{%22issue_id%22:412000,%22view%22:%22articleBrowser%22,%22article_id%22:%222798065%22}|journal=Living Blues|volume=48, #3|issue=249}}</ref> However, Turner asserted in his book that he is not the biological father.{{Sfn|Turner|1999|p=57}} The couple married on September 19, 1950.<ref name="706 Union Avenue Sessions" /> Davis and Bullock attended Turner's Mississippi Blues Trail marker unveiling in 2010.<ref name="Mississippi Blues Trail">{{Cite web|url=http://msbluestrail.org/featured_ike_turner|title=This Week's Featured Marker: Ike Turner|website=Mississippi Blues Trail|access-date=March 11, 2023|archive-date=February 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224023256/http://msbluestrail.org/featured_ike_turner|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Turner then married Rosa Lee Sane in [[West Memphis, Arkansas]].{{Sfn|Turner|1999|p=57}} She had a [[Mental disorder|mental breakdown]] so her family put her in an [[Lunatic asylum|insane asylum]] in Tennessee. Turner tried to get her out, but he never saw her again.{{Sfn|Turner|1999|p=57}}

Turner married Marion Louis Lee (Bonnie Turner) in Clarksdale on September 24, 1952.<ref name="706 Union Avenue Sessions" /> Lee was a member of the Kings of Rhythm as a pianist and vocalist. In 1952, under the alias Mary Sue, she released the single "Everybody's Talking" / "Love Is a Gamble" on Modern Records.<ref name="706 Union Avenue Sessions" /> She co-wrote both tunes with Turner. The couple also recorded for RPM Records and Sun Records.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=August 30, 1952 |title=Rhythm & Blues Record Reviews |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/50s/1952/Billboard%201952-08-30.pdf |magazine=Billboard |pages=40}}</ref> Turner recalled, "Bonnie played piano. It was a job staying ahead of this chick, man, cos' she was always trying to outdo me."{{Sfn|Turner|1999|p=58}} While they were in [[Sarasota, Florida]] for a gig, she ran off to New York with another man in 1953.{{Sfn|Turner|1999|p=58}} Their divorce was finalized in 1955.<ref name="706 Union Avenue Sessions" />

After Lee, Turner married a woman named Alice in [[Helena, Arkansas]].{{Sfn|Turner|1999|p=59}} According to Turner, they did not [[Consummation|consummate]] their marriage. Alice was dating his vocalist [[Johnny O'Neal (singer)|Johnny O'Neal]], but Turner liked her so he married her to avoid "locking heads" with O'Neal. "If I married her, he couldn't do nothing", he said.{{Sfn|Turner|1999|p=59}}

After Alice, Turner married Annie Mae Wilson from [[Greenville, Mississippi]].<ref name="Turner-1999">{{harvnb|Turner|1999|p=60}}</ref> She played piano and was the secretary for his band.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=February 14, 1958 |title=Shades of Rock 'n Roll: Ike Turner Says Officer Harasses Him In 'Feud' |pages=1 |work=The St. Louis Argus}}</ref> Wilson left Turner for a policeman in [[East St. Louis, Illinois]].{{Sfn|Turner|1999|p=65}} In 1958, Turner presented a petition to the East St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners, stating that police officer Curtis Smith had harassed him and burst his eardrum out of spite because of his relationship with Wilson.<ref name=":1" />

In East St. Louis, Turner lived with Lorraine Taylor. Her parents owned the Taylor Sausage Factory in St. Louis.{{Sfn|Turner|1999|p=77}} Sources often incorrectly refer to Taylor as one of Turner's wives, but she was his live-in girlfriend.{{Sfn|Turner|1999|p=77}}<ref name="Becker-1990">{{Cite web|last=Becker|first=Stan|date=September 30, 1990|title=MARKING TIME|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1990-09-30-9003210785-story.html|access-date=March 2, 2021|website=Chicago Tribune|language=en-US}}</ref> Lorraine already had two children of her own before she had two sons, Ike Jr. and Michael, with Turner.{{Sfn|Turner|1999|p=79}}

==== Tina Turner ====
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In 1956, Turner met Ann Bullock<!-- This is not a typo. She went by Ann not Anna Mae once she was a teenager. --> (whom he later renamed Tina Turner) at the Club Manhattan in East St. Louis.{{Sfn|Turner|1986|p=60}}<ref name="Greensmith-2015" /> They became close friends and she began dating his saxophonist [[Raymond Hill (musician)|Raymond Hill]]. When Bullock became pregnant by Hill, they lived with Turner and his live-in girlfriend Lorraine Taylor.{{Sfn|Turner|1999|p=72}} Hill injured his ankle and left Bullock before their son Craig was born in August 1958.{{Sfn|Turner|1986|p=66-68}} During Bullock's pregnancy, Taylor became suspicious that Bullock was pregnant by Turner and threatened her with a gun before shooting herself; her injuries were nonfatal.{{Sfn|Turner|1999|p=79}} However, Turner and Bullock eventually began having an affair and she became pregnant in January 1960.{{Sfn|Turner|1986|p=74}}

Following the birth of their son Ronnie in October 1960, they were married in [[Tijuana]] in 1962.{{Sfn|Turner|1986|p=96-97}} Turner stated that the reason they went to Tijuana was to see "sex shows and whores".{{Sfn|Turner|1986|p=96}} At the time, he was still legally married to Alice Bell.{{Sfn|Turner|1999|p=96}} He used a detective agency to locate Bell in Chicago and they divorced in 1974.{{Sfn|Turner|1986|p=97}} On multiple occasions, Turner said that he was never officially married to Tina.<ref name="Stern-2007" />{{Sfn|Turner|1999|p=97}}<ref name="Kiersh-08-1985" /> He also revealed on ''[[The Howard Stern Show]]'' in 1993 and on ''[[Fresh Air]]'' in 1996 that Tina's birth name was Martha Nell (not Anna Mae) Bullock.<ref name="Gross">{{cite web|date=December 14, 2007|title=R&B Legend Ike Turner, 1931–2007|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17253727|work=NPR|publisher=Fresh Air|quote=At 8:06 in the interview, Turner corrects the host who says Tina's real name is Annie Mae Bullock. He says "No, her name is Martha Nell Bullock."}}</ref> Tina signed her legal name as Martha Nell Turner on multiple contracts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://entertainment.ha.com/itm/music-memorabilia/autographs-and-signed-items/tina-turner-signed-contract-1977-/a/696-52395.s|title=Tina Turner Signed Contract (1977).... Music Memorabilia Autographs {{!}} Lot #52395|website=Heritage Auctions|language=en|access-date=July 31, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Tina Turner – Signed Agreement (1978).... Music Memorabilia {{!}} Lot #23263|url=https://entertainment.ha.com/itm/music-memorabilia/autographs-and-signed-items/tina-turner-signed-agreement-1978-/a/606-23263.s|access-date=August 16, 2021|website=Heritage Auctions|language=en}}</ref>

Following a violent altercation in July 1976, Tina filed for divorce on the grounds of irreconcilable differences.{{Sfn|Turner|1986|p=200}}<ref name="Kiersh-08-1985" /> Although Turner reiterated that they were never officially married, they had a common-law marriage and still had to go through a formal divorce.{{Sfn|Turner|1986|p=210|ps="He also claimed that he and Tina had never actually been married all those years ago—a point that, under California common law, was by now moot."}} Their divorce was finalized on March 29, 1978.{{sfn|Turner|1986|p=211}} In the final divorce decree, Tina took responsibility for missed concert dates as well as an IRS lien. Tina retained songwriter royalties from songs she had written, but Ike got the publishing royalties for his compositions and hers. She also kept her two [[Jaguar cars]], furs and jewelry along with her stage name.{{Sfn|Turner|1986|p=211}} Tina gave up her share of their [[Bolic Sound]] recording studio, publishing companies, and real estate.{{Sfn|Turner|1999|p=210}}

In her [[I, Tina|1986 autobiography]], Tina revealed that Turner had been abusive during their marriage. She said: "It was my relationship with Ike that made me most unhappy. At first, I had really been in love with him. Look what he'd done for me. But he was totally unpredictable."{{Sfn|Turner|1986|p=91}} Turner admitted he took Tina for granted and called her "the best woman I ever knew".<ref name="Jet-9/23/91" /> In his autobiography, he said: "Sure, I've slapped Tina. We had fights and there have been times when I punched her to the ground without thinking. But I never beat her."{{Sfn|Turner|1999|p=174}} In a 1999 interview, [[Roseanne Barr]] urged him to publicly apologize to Tina on [[The Roseanne Show|''The Roseanne Barr Show'']].<ref name="Roseanne">{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/19990106IkeTurnerGloriaAllredSusannahBreslinSophiaLamarTheRoseanneShow|title=The Roseanne Show (January 6, 1999)|website=Internet Archive|date=January 6, 1999}}</ref> In 2007, Turner told ''Jet'' that he had written Tina an apology letter, but had never sent it.<ref name="Christian-2008" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17212823|title=Ike Turner Dies at 76|date=December 13, 2007|website=NPR|language=en}}</ref> In 2018, Tina told ''[[The Sunday Times]]'' that "as an old person, I have forgiven him, but I would not work with him. He asked for one more tour with me, and I said, 'No, absolutely not.' Ike wasn't someone you could forgive and allow him back in."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/tina-turner-interview-the-legendary-singer-on-ike-buddhism-and-leaving-america-for-switzerland-cfljnkr3l|title=Tina Turner interview: the singer on Ike, Buddhism and leaving America for Switzerland|last=Leckie|first=Michael|date=March 18, 2018|website=The Sunday Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8257484/tina-turner-forgives-ex-husband-ike|title=Tina Turner Says She Forgives Ex-Husband Ike|last=Jefferson|first=J'na|date=March 22, 2018|magazine=Billboard}}</ref>

==== Later marriages ====
Turner married Margaret Ann Thomas in Las Vegas on April 11, 1981;{{Sfn|Turner|1999|p=195}} they divorced in 1990. They had met in the mid-1960s at a concert in [[Bakersfield, California]].{{Sfn|Turner|1999|p=105}} According to Turner, Tina suggested Ann fill in as an Ikette however, she could not sing, she was attractive.{{Sfn|Turner|1999|p=106}} Eventually, she moved into their [[View Park–Windsor Hills, California|View Park]] home.{{Sfn|Turner|1999|p=107}} Turner stated, "I loved Tina, but I was in love with Ann Thomas."{{Sfn|Turner|1999|p=106}} Their daughter Mia was born in January 1969. They rekindled their friendship years after their divorce, and she found Turner unconscious at his home the day he died.<ref name="Christian-10-2008" />

Turner was introduced to St. Louis native singer [[Jeanette Bazzell Turner|Jeanette Bazzell]] by his son Ike Turner Jr. in 1988.<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=September 27, 1993|title=Ike Turner Talks About His Ex-Wife Tina And New Fiancée|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WsEDAAAAMBAJ&q=turner|magazine=Jet|pages=58}}</ref> She became his lead vocalist and they married in a private ceremony at [[Circus Circus Las Vegas|Circus Circus Hotel & Resort]] in Las Vegas on July 4, 1995.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Allison|first=Lynn|date=July 17, 1995|title=Passages|url=https://people.com/archive/passages-vol-44-no-3/|access-date=March 2, 2021|website=People|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|date=July 24, 1995|title=Ike Takes A Bride|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Nj0DAAAAMBAJ&q=Jeanette+Bazzell+Turner&pg=PA16|magazine=Jet|pages=16}}</ref> They divorced in 2000, but later rekindled their friendship. According to Jeanette, Turner called her his "backbone".<ref name="Archer-2019" /> In 2019, she told ''[[Palm Springs, California|Palm Spring Life]]'' that the film ''What's Love Got to Do with It'' "assassinated Ike's career. But more than that, it broke his heart". She added, "Ike doesn't get any recognition because of all the negative things [shown] in that movie and in his relationship with Tina... I went through things with Ike, too, but there's a time to forgive and to let go. To strip him from having the opportunity to get recognition in an area where he was entitled to deserve it, it's so wrong to me."<ref name="Archer-2019">{{Cite web|url=https://www.palmspringslife.com/jeanette-bazzell-turner/|title=Talking Turner|last=Archer|first=Greg|date=June 10, 2019|website=Palm Springs Life}}</ref>

Turner met San Francisco native singer [[Audrey Madison Turner|Audrey Madison]] through a mutual friend in 1993. She started as an Ikette before becoming his lead singer.<ref name="Christian-10-2008" /> They married at A Special Memory Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas on October 8, 2006.<ref>{{Citation|title=Ike Turner's wedding 10/08/2006| date=December 19, 2007 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRK4jxaoOpM| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211031/aRK4jxaoOpM| archive-date=October 31, 2021 | url-status=live|language=en|access-date=November 15, 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Turner filed for divorce two months later on December 22, but after the divorce was granted, they reconciled in 2007.<ref name="Christian-10-2008" /> In 2011, Audrey appeared as a contestant on [[The X Factor (U.S. TV series)|''The X Factor'']].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2011/10/05/famous-x/|title=Famous 'X'|last=Starr|first=Michael|date=October 5, 2011|website=New York Post}}</ref> In 2016, she released her memoir ''Love Had Everything to Do with It'', which details her volatile relationship with Turner due to his [[bipolar disorder]] and [[schizophrenia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://audreyturnermusic.com/about-3 |title=About Audrey Turner |last=Turner |first=Audrey |website=Personal web page of Audrey Turner |access-date=August 16, 2021 |archive-date=April 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407115850/https://audreyturnermusic.com/about-3/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> She told [[Baltimore Afro-American|''The Afro'']]: "I decided to write it because it was like a cleansing and it released all of the trauma. Also, I wanted the general public to have a better outlook and perspective on where Ike was mentally and emotionally, because so often, as a nation, we turn on people who have mental health issues and define them by their behaviors rather than their condition."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.afro.com/ike-turners-widow-pens-memoir-on-singers-violent-bipolar-condition/#|title=Ike Turner's Widow Pens Memoir on Singer's Violent Bipolar Condition|last=Cornish|first=Stephanie|date=June 8, 2016|website=The Afro|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205193305/https://www.afro.com/ike-turners-widow-pens-memoir-on-singers-violent-bipolar-condition/|archive-date=December 5, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>