Law Enforcement Official Reportedly Confirms Prince's Cause Of Death

Legendary musician Prince died of an opioid overdose, a law enforcement official has told the Associated Press.

The singer, famous for 80s albums Purple Rain and Sign o' the Times amongst others, died aged 57 on 21 April at his Paisley Park estate in Minnesota.

Although rumours of the reason for his passing have previously been reported, Associated Press are believed to have spoken to a source close to the coroner's investigation.

The AP article says: "Investigators have been reviewing whether Prince died of an overdose and whether a doctor was prescribing him drugs in the weeks before his death."

The 57-year-old, whose full name was Prince Rogers Nelson, had been battling with flu shortly before his death.

He was remembered in April at a private funeral at the Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall in Minnetonka, Minnesota.

RIP.

Words by James Dawson

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Topics: Death, Music, RIP

James Dawson

James Dawson is a Journalist at LADbible. He has contributed articles to LADbible’s ‘Knowing Me, Knowing EU’ series on the EU referendum, the 'Electoral Dysfunction' series on the 2017 general election, the ‘U OK M8?’ series tackling mental health amongst young men, and for its ‘Climate Change’ initiative in partnership with National Geographic.

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