Highlights
- Tina Turner's net worth was $250 million at the time of her passing, ensuring financial security for her last years.
- Afida Turner, the widow of Tina's late son Ronnie, claims that Tina never legally adopted Ike Jr., and expects a significant share of Tina's estate to go to her and the children.
- Tina's husband, Erwin Bach, is likely to have received a large portion of her estate, as he plans to transform her Swiss estate into a museum dedicated to her legacy.
During Tina Turner's life, her powerful singing voice helped her to become one of the most respected performers in music history. On top of that, Turner was famously open about the tough times she went through and survived with the help of Buddhism.
Sadly for Turner and her millions of fans who adored and looked up to her, she developed health problems over the years. In 2023, the world was saddened to learn that Turner passed away which left many fans wondering how much money she left behind for her husband Erwin Bach.
Who Did Tina Turner Leave Her Fortune To?
By the time Tina Turner passed away, she'd spent decades recording music and performing for her legion of fans. Thanks to all those years of hard work, Turner had accumulated an extremely impressive net worth, to say the least.
According to Celebrity Net Worth, Turner's estate was worth $250 million when she passed which is a staggering figure for most people. Thanks to Turner accumulating that kind of money, she shouldn't have had any financial worries during the last several years of her life.
While it is wonderful for Turner that she made so much money, that can actually become a problem once the star is gone. After all, it seems like there are verbal fights and legal battles every time a star with a lot of money passes away these days.
When Turner passed away, she wasn't an exception as her daughter-in-law Afida Turner came forward to make an interesting claim.
For many years, it has been reported that Turner had four sons. Turner gave birth to two of her children, Ronnie Turner and Craig Raymond Turner. Then there were Turner's children she reportedly adopted during her marriage to Ike Turner, Michael Turner and Ike Turner Jr.
Tragically for Turner, two of her sons passed away before she did. In 2018, it was revealed that Turner's son Craig Raymond Turner had died at his own hand. To Turner's eternal credit, she spoke about her grief publicly in the aftermath which certainly gave other parents in a similar situation some small level of comfort.
Four years later in 2022, Turner's other son Ronnie Turner passed away after bravely battling colon cancer. When Ronnie passed away, he left behind his widow Afida Turner.
After Ronnie Turner passed away, Afida Turner revealed that she planned to have his child using samples he stored before his untimely demise. Afida Turner also later expressed her sorrow at having lost Ronnie Turner and Tina Turner in such quick succession.
Following Turner's passing, Afida Turner spoke to The Sunday Mirror about the famed singer's estate. Surprisingly, Afida Turner claimed that Tina Turner never actually legally adopted Ike Turner Jr. as has been long believed. Afida also made claims about the likely distribution of Tina Turner's estate.
“As she married in Switzerland, I think around 47 percent will go to the spouse and the rest to the children.” “Tina’s two children are Craig and Ronnie – she never adopted Ike Jr. It’s just because she was with Ike that they were in the family, so the only ‘blood’ descendants are Craig and Ronnie. Today I’m the only one with the name – there are no other Turners.”
After making those comments, Afida Turner stressed that she didn't care about her late mother-in-law's estate. Instead, Afida Turner said that she was interested in respecting Tina Turner's final wishes. “I’ve always earned my own money – no one has ever given me anything in the Turner family – that’s the Turner way, OK.”
According to reports, it was widely believed that Turner's husband Erwin Bach would receive a large chunk of her estate. While the exact percentage Bach received can't be confirmed, it is clear that he received one of her biggest assets.
Within days of Turner passing away, The Toronto Sun reported that Bach had big plans for one of her most valuable assets. According to their report, Bach decided to transition Turner's Swiss estate which is valued at $76 million into a museum dedicated to the singer.
For Bach to be the one to decide what to do with Turner's estate, it seems extremely likely that he received a large chunk of her estate. Between that and Afida Turner's statement that he would receive almost half of Turner's estate, it seems all but certain that Bach was left more of Turner's estate than anyone else.
Given that Turner had two surviving children and the widow of one of her kids was still alive, some people may question likely leaving so much to Bach. However, that makes a lot more sense once people learn the history of Turner and Bach's relationship.
Who Was Tina Turner's Husband, Erwin Bach?
If most people were asked to name Tina Turner's husband, they would name Ike Turner. While that makes sense since they performed together, Turner would almost certainly want the world to remember her other husband instead.
According to People's article about who Erwin Bach is, he met Turner in 1985. Bach worked for EMI, eventually becoming an executive for the company that distributed Turner's music in Europe. According to Turner, it was love at first sight after she met Bach who was sent by EMI to pick her up from the airport. Turner even said her heart started to beat faster immediately after meeting Bach.
Of course, lots of couples who initially think it is love at first sight quickly burn out. On top of that, many people were betting against Turner and Bach since he was sixteen years younger than her which the couple says they were judged for.
Sadly for Turner and Bach, some people assumed that he got involved with her for her money. Considering how successful Bach was in his career, that seems silly. On top of that, Bach and Turner became a couple in 1986, and they didn't get married until decades later in 2013. In the intervening years, Bach asked Turner to marry him multiple times, and she was the one who wasn't sure, and he respected that.
Nothing about that timeline makes it seem like Bach was after Turner's money. Still, the perception that Bach was after Turner's money was so pervasive that she wrote about the rumors in her memoir "My Love Story".
"Incredibly, considering how long we had been together, there were still people who wanted to believe that Erwin married me for my money and fame. What else would a younger man want with an older woman? Erwin always ignored the rumors,"
If nothing else convinced observers that Bach and Turner truly loved one another, what happened in 2017 should have. After Turner struggled with illnesses for years, she went into kidney failure. As Turner revealed in her memoir, Bach was her rock throughout her medical issues, and he donated a kidney to save her life without a second thought.
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