Cause of Prince's death may not be made public for weeks
The American musician was pronounced dead at his Paisley Park estate near Minneapolis on Thursday.
A post-mortem examination took place on the 57-year-old’s body yesterday, where information about his “medical and social history” was gathered, the Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office said.
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Hide AdCelebrity news website TMZ reported that Prince had overdosed on a painkiller called Percocet when his private jet made an emergency landing in Atlanta, Georgia, on April 15.
The Purple Rain star was taking the drug for a hip problem after having corrective surgery around six years ago, TMZ said. A spokeswoman for the Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office said it would not release information from the post-mortem examination until “all results are obtained” and the findings of a toxicology scan “could likely take weeks”.
Tributes have flooded in for the singer. US president Barack Obama described Prince as a “creative icon.”