Prince dead at 57

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. The use of heroin of widely varying strength and cut with fentanyl and God-knows-what other poisons, is resulting in an epidemic of OD deaths.

I had a hard working nephew, father of two little girls, who died from overdose with a large fentanyl cut. It's Russian roulette to use these drugs, I am glad I never considered doing them and I am sorry that he fell.

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All the more reason, IMO, to think probably painkiller overuse or accidental overdose instead of OD such as drug abuse to get a high.

Apparently Prince has already been cremated, and the results from the autopsy will not be received for four weeks. Maybe at that time we will know more about what caused his death.

The death of Prince, Day 3: Singer cremated

 

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Sounds kind of inappropriate to bring up as Prince passed away less than a week ago. But already the legal wheel is already turning about his estate:

Prince left no will, according to documents filed Tuesday by his sister, Tyka Nelson, in probate court for Carver County, Minn., where the beloved pop icon died suddenly last week at his Paisley Park compound.

"The Decedent died intestate," Nelson said in her petition for the appointment of a special administrator to deal with Prince's estate, which has been widely reported to be valued at $300 million.

Nelson said her brother left no surviving spouse, no children and no parents. Besides Nelson, his full sister, he is survived by half-brothers and half-sisters, whom Nelson names in her petition as "interested parties" to the Prince estate to her knowledge thus far.

Estate lawyers and Prince's former manager, Owen Husney, said they would have expected Prince to have drawn up a will and an estate plan long ago.

Husney said he was too smart to have overlooked something that crucial and he had teams of lawyers, business managers and accountants over the years who would have advised him it was crucial.

Prince died without a will, sister says

 

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Interesting and sad that Prince may have unknowingly took a mislabeled pill that caused his death:

Pills seized inside Prince's Paisley Park compound by investigators were labeled as hydrocodone but actually contained fentanyl -- the drug that killed the singer -- according to a source with knowledge of the investigation who revealed the information to the Minneapolis Star Tribune.The revelation gives more insight into what may have caused Prince's overdose. There are two likely possibilities: Either a pharmaceutical manufacturer mislabeled the pills, or the pills were illegally manufactured and obtained illegally.
However, according to the Star Tribune, investigators are working under the theory that the pop star did not know the pills contained fentanyl. Prince died on April 21 from an accidental overdose of fentanyl, according to the medical examiner.

Report: Pills found in Prince's home contained fentanyl - CNN.com

On another Prince note, looks like his estate will go the Elvis route:

The Paisley Park museum will also feature thousands of items from Prince’s personal archives, including instruments, clothing, cars, motorcycles, awards, rare music and videos, according to the announcement from Prince’s family and the estate’s special administrator, Bremer Trust. The planners predict between 1,500 and 2,000 visitors on peak days.
Filings with the city of Chanhassen indicate that Prince’s family has entered into an operating agreement with a subsidiary of Graceland Holdings LLC, which has been involved in running Elvis Presley’s Graceland estate in Memphis since 1982.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/26/arts/music/prince-paisley-park-tours.html