Editing Nik Turner (section)

{{Short description|English musician (1940–2022)}}
{{for|the similarly named drummer|Nick Turner}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name             = Nik Turner
| background       = solo_singer
| image            = Nik Turner (2010) 2.jpg
| alt              = Turner playing flute, with a saxophone slung around his body 
| caption          = Turner in 2010
| birth_name       = Nicholas Robert Turner
| alias            = Thunder Rider
| birth_date       = {{birth date|df=yes|1940|08|26}}
| birth_place      = [[Oxford]], Oxfordshire, England
| death_date       = {{death date and age|df=yes|2022|11|10|1940|08|26}}
| death_place      = Pembrokeshire, Wales
| genre            = {{hlist|[[Space rock]]|[[jazz fusion]]}}
| occupation       = {{hlist|Musician|songwriter}}
| instrument       = {{hlist|Vocals|saxophone|[[flute]]}}
| years_active     = 1969–2022
| label            = {{hlist|[[Cleopatra Records|Cleopatra]]<ref>Steve Huey [https://www.allmusic.com/artist/nik-turner-mn0000340373/biography "Nik Turner - Biography"] "AllMusic.com" Retrieved 27 October 2017</ref>|[[Charisma Records|Charisma]]|[[Ozit Records|Ozit]]}}
| associated_acts  = [[Hawkwind]], [[Hawklords]], Sphynx, [[Inner City Unit]], Nik Turner's Fantastic All-Stars, Galacticos, [[Space Ritual (band)|Space Ritual]], Nik Turner's Hawkwind
| website          = {{URL|nikturner.com}}
}}

'''Nicholas Robert Turner''' (26 August 1940 – 10 November 2022) was an English musician best known as a member of [[space rock]] pioneers [[Hawkwind]]. Turner played saxophone and [[flute]], as well as being a vocalist and composer. While with Hawkwind, Turner was known for his experimental [[free jazz]] stylisations and outrageous stage presence, often donning full makeup and [[Ancient Egypt]]-inspired costumes.