Sources are reporting that it was an overdose of painkilling medicine that claimed the life of Prince on April 21st. While the autopsy and toxicology reports have yet to be made public, he apparently had been treated the day prior by a local doctor for drug withdrawal symptoms. Members of Prince’s inner circle were so alarmed by his drug use that they were looking at treatment options, and the Friday prior, the performer’s flight was forced to make an emergency landing here in Illinois as he was unresponsive aboard a private jet traveling from Atlanta to Minneapolis.
Here is the story from the STAR-TRIBUNE in Minneapolis, Minnesota.