NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Pop legend Prince died from an overdose of painkillers, a report said Thursday quoting the ongoing investigation. The Star Tribune newspaper in Prince’s hometown Minneapolis quoted an anonymous source as saying that the singer had overdosed on opioid pain medication. Officials declined comment and said that there were no plans to release Prince’s autopsy findings on Thursday. The 57-year-old “Purple Rain” star was found dead at his Paisley Park estate outside Minneapolis on April 21, days after his plane made an emergency landing that was also reportedly due to a painkiller overdose.   A California doctor who treats painkiller addiction, Howard Kornfeld, had been urgently making plans to treat Prince when the artist died, the specialist’s lawyer said last month. Kornfeld’s son Andrew had arrived at Paisley Park to … Read entire article »

 This photo taken on June 16, 1990 shows musician Prince performing on stage during his concert at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris— Prince’s sister said Tuesday the pop icon left no known will behind, and asked a court to appoint a special administrator to oversee his vast estate. “The decedent left surviving no spouse; issue; parents; brothers, sisters or issue of deceased brothers or sisters other than those named in this petition,” Tyka Nelson wrote in a filing to a county court in Minnesota state. “I do not know of the existence of a will and have no reason to believe that the decedent executed testamentary documents in any form.” Prince died last week at the age of 57 at his Paisley Park studio complex on the outskirts of Minneapolis. No cause … Read entire article »