Beating a dead joke

So Ike Turner died.

Leave it to the New York Post to come up with the most tasteless (but, admittedly, pretty funny) headline.

Ike “Beats” Tina to Death.

IKE ‘BEATS’ TINA TO DEATH
Reuters

December 13, 2007 — LOS ANGELES – Rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Ike Turner, who rose to fame in the 1950s and became a star performing with his ex-wife, Tina Turner, has died at age 76, said an official with the performer’s management company.

(Thanks to Ed Champion)

This was lovingly handwritten on December 13th, 2007