The hugely popular and acclaimed musician Prince has died at his home in Minnesota at the age of 57, his publicist has said.
Prince has died aged 57 at his estate in Minnesota. Paramedics were called to his Paisley Park studio at 9.43 this morning. Forensics teams and a medical examiner are at the scene now. Prince was hospitalized six days ago with flu symptoms after his private jet made an emergency landing in Illinois on Friday morning.
He had had been suffering from flu for a number of weeks and was believed to be recovering, but took a turn for the worse in the early hours of Friday. He was treated for three hours before being released, then went onto make an appearance at a dance party in Minnesota on Saturday where he didn’t perform, but did take to the stage to tell fans who were worried about his health to ‘wait a few days before you waste any prayers’.
Final appearance
The Purple Rain hitmaker’s last concert was at The Fox Theatre in Atlanta on last Thursday night – the second of two back to back sold out shows – and had seemed ‘fine’ during the concert, according to audience members. But he apparently made several trips to a Walgreen’s pharmacy in the days before his death and is said to have appeared more ‘frail and nervous’ than usual on a visit to the store last night.
He was pronounced dead at 10.07am. Police say they are continuing to investigate the circumstances of his death.