Editing Ike Turner (section)

==== 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>