\u201cI still don\u2019t know what took him to the edge,\u00a0\u00bb the music icon said.<\/b>
\nTina Turner has finally opened up about the suicide of Craig Turner, her son.
The eight-time Grammy award-winner told BBC News on Friday that she can\u2019t figure out what compelled her son to take his life because he had so much going for himself and had even found love.
\u201cI still don\u2019t know what took him to the edge because at that stage he had said to me that he had never met a woman that he felt that way about,\u201d she said, \u201cHe was bringing her to meet me [for] his birthday in August. He had decorated his apartment that I bought him years ago. He had gotten a new job with a prominent real estate company in California, [which] he was very happy with.\u201d
At the time of the death, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner\u2019s Office told Fox News that Craig Turner died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his home in Studio City, California. He was 59.
Tina, 78, said in the interview that her son typically kept to himself, and suspects he suffered from loneliness before his death.
\u201cI think it was something with being alone. But when I think that, why didn\u2019t he call the new girlfriend that give him the lift?\u201d she lamented. \u201cHe was an introverted person. He was very shy, so I didn\u2019t know either, except now when I listen back to our last conversations, I notice a change. The last few times we talked, the conversations were different, and I didn\u2019t know that until after the suicide.\u201d
Despite her son\u2019s heartbreaking and unexpected death, Turner said she intends to \u201cbe around for a while,\u201d and isn\u2019t worried about her own mortality in the least bit.
\u201cDeath is not a problem for me,\u201d she said before adding; \u201cI really don\u2019t mind leaving.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n

Sentiment rank: -0.5<\/div>\n

<\/div>\n

TW posts: 19<\/div>\n

TW reposts: 23<\/div>\n

TW likes: 32<\/div>\n

TW sentiment: -3.3<\/div>\n<\/div>\n