Ike Turner overdosed on cocaine

Published 10:50 pm Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Music legend Ike Turner died of a cocaine overdose, the San Diego medical examiner’s office concluded Wednesday.

Turner, who gave the world what many historians consider the first rock ‘n’ roll record — “Rocket 88” in 1951 — died in December at his home in San Marcos, Calif., north of San Diego. He was 76.

The medical examiner listed the cause of death as “cocaine toxicity.”