Devastated Tina Turner Scatters Son’s Ashes After His Shock Suicide

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Feb. 25 2019, Updated 11:52 a.m. ET

Weeks after Tina Turner’s eldest son Craig Turner took his own life, the iconic singer is finally opening up about the tragedy.

This Friday morning, Tina shared a chilling Twitter photo of herself scattering her late son’s ashes in the ocean.

“My saddest moment as a mother,” she captioned the photo. “On Thursday, July 19, 2018, I said my final goodbye to my son, Craig Raymond Turner, when I gathered with family and friends to scatter his ashes off the coast of California. He was fifty-nine when he died so tragically, but he will always be my baby.”

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As RadarOnline.com reported, Craig, 59, shot himself inside his Studio City, California home on July 3.

He and his famous mother had reportedly been estranged for years, as a neighbor exclusively told RadarOnline.com that Craig had never even mentioned her.

Tina, 78, star lives in Switzerland with much-younger husband Erwin Bach.

Now that Craig’s ashes have been scattered, a new Tina Turner musical is set to include details from his suicide, as well as give an inside look into the “It’s Only Love” singer’s difficult, tragedy-filled life.