Ike Turner, 76, Passes

Ike Turner, the legendary musician and former husband of Tina Turner,has died at 76, www.TMZ.com reports. Turner died in his home outside SanDiego, according to the report. No other details were immediately available.
Born and raised in Clarksdale, MS, Turner was inspired bythe old blues artists and embarked on a musical career of his own, beginning in the late 1940s. He later met Anna Mae Bullock, aka TinaTurner, and they developed a hugely successful act together. The couple's often tempestuous marriage and brutal divorce was immortalized in the autobiographical I, Tina - the basis for the movie What's Love Got to Do with It? which turned Ike into the pop-culture posterboy for the abusive spouse.
Alongsidehis former wife, Turner was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991.