Iconic artist PRINCE passes away at age 57

[#MJforever57]

^ A sad report I am not surprised to read but did not want to be the result.....

Same here did not want to hear it. It just break my heart he was in so much pain.

 

[Bad7]

Even more heart breaking. R.I.P.

 

[HIStory]

[h=1]Prince died from accidental overdose of fentanyl[/h] Medical examiner's report doesn't say whether the potent painkiller had been prescribed.
By David Chanen and Jeremy Olson Star Tribune staff writers
June 2, 2016 — 10:08pm


<figcaption class="tease-photo-author">Chris Pizzello, Associated Press</figcaption> <figcaption class="tease-photo-caption toggle-photo-caption">Prince, shown in 2013, was pronounced dead April 21, one day before he was to meet with a California doctor about an opioid addiction.</figcaption>
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</aside> Prince died from an accidental, self-administered overdose of the powerful drug fentanyl, the Midwest Medical Examiner&#8217;s Office said in a report released Thursday.
The report gave no indication of how Prince obtained the painkiller, nor did it list any other cause of death or &#8220;significant conditions.&#8221;
The 57-year-old musician was pronounced dead the morning of April 21, one day before he was scheduled to meet with a California doctor in an attempt to shed an opioid addiction. Two of his staff members &#8212; longtime friend Kirk Johnson and personal assistant Meron Bekure &#8212; found his body in a Paisley Park elevator about 9:40 a.m.
Sources told the Star Tribune in the days after Prince&#8217;s death that a joint state and federal criminal investigation has focused on his use of painkillers and how he obtained them.
Carver County Chief Deputy Jason Kamerud said Thursday that he has &#8220;no idea what the time frame is&#8221; for completing that investigation. He said the medical examiner&#8217;s report is simply &#8220;a piece of the puzzle.&#8221;
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is 100 times more powerful than morphine. Administered by injection, lozenge or patch to treat severe pain after surgery and to manage chronic pain, the controlled substance is commonly sold illegally and misused by addicts.

Whether fentanyl had been prescribed to Prince is unclear; the drug is considered highly potent and addictive and is prescribed to patients who have become tolerant of other opioids for pain relief.
The report released Thursday said the 5-foot-3 Prince weighed 112 pounds at the time of death. It also disclosed that he had a scar on his left hip and on the lower part of his right leg. Prince was reported to have had surgery several years ago on an ailing hip caused by years of jumping off speakers while performing in high heels.
When he was found, he was dressed in a black cap, black shirt, gray undershirt, black pants and black socks.
The day before he was found dead, Prince was treated by a Twin Cities doctor for withdrawal symptoms from opioid addiction. The physician, Dr. Michael Todd Schulenberg, a family practitioner, treated Prince for fatigue, anemia and concerns about opiate withdrawal.
Schulenberg did not prescribe opioids to Prince, a source has said.
The doctor gave a statement to a Carver County detective shortly after Prince&#8217;s death, but has had no further questions from investigators, his attorney, Amy Conners, said Thursday.
Red flag in Moline
Prince died less than a week after his private plane made an emergency, middle-of-the-night landing in Moline, Ill., so he could be treated for a suspected opioid overdose following a pair of performances in Atlanta, sources told the Star Tribune.
Emergency responders arrived at his Paisley Park complex in Chanhassen the morning of April 21 within five minutes of receiving a 911 call, but it was too late. A responding paramedic told staff members, law enforcement officers and others at the scene that Prince appeared to have been dead for at least six hours before his body was found.
The painkiller Percocet also was present in Prince&#8217;s body when he was found dead, a source familiar with the investigation told the Star Tribune last month.
The medical examiner&#8217;s report made no reference to that drug.
Sources have said that shortly before Prince&#8217;s death, members of the artist&#8217;s inner circle became so concerned about his health that they reached out to Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, a well-known environmental and labor activist in the San Francisco Bay Area credited with helping Prince recover the rights to his early songs from Warner Bros. She has declined to comment, citing Prince&#8217;s concern for his privacy.
The night of April 20, less than 12 hours before Prince&#8217;s body was found, Ellis-Lamkins called Dr. Howard Kornfeld, a pain and addiction specialist in Mill Valley, Calif., seeking his help to get the musician off prescription painkillers, sources said.
Kornfeld could not clear his schedule to immediately travel to Minnesota, so he dispatched his son, Andrew, a pre-med student who worked with his father. Andrew Kornfeld was to meet with Prince and a second Minnesota doctor who is certified to prescribe an opioid addiction treatment medication that Howard Kornfeld uses.
That Minnesota doctor, who hasn&#8217;t been publicly identified, had cleared his calendar for the morning of April 21 so that Prince could go to his office for an independent evaluation, the source said.
Prince died before the meeting could take place.

Balloons, flowers and other mementos on the fence surrounding Paisley Park in Chanhassen recently mourned the loss of Prince.




Minneapolis attorney William Mauzy, who represents Andrew Kornfeld and has spoken on behalf of Kornfeld&#8217;s father, said Thursday that neither Kornfeld provided medication to Prince.
&#8220;Based on media reports suggesting Prince died at least six hours before Andrew arrived at Paisley Park and the medical examiner&#8217;s conclusion, released today, that Prince died after he self-administered the extremely potent opioid fentanyl, it is abundantly clear that Andrew and Dr. Kornfeld had nothing to do with Prince&#8217;s death,&#8221; Mauzy said. &#8220;Andrew and Dr. Kornfeld were simply trying to help, and remain saddened by his death.&#8221;
&#8216;Incredibly potent&#8217;
Deaths related to fentanyl have been rising in Minnesota, along with deaths from prescription opioids such as oxycodone and illicit versions such as heroin.
There were 35 deaths related to fentanyl in Minnesota last year, compared with one in 2000, according to death certificate data from the Minnesota Department of Health.
Fentanyl is as addictive and more potent than oxycodone and other opioids, said Dr. Anne Pylkas, a HealthPartners addiction medicine specialist who wasn&#8217;t involved in Prince&#8217;s care. Misuse often occurs when patients use two or three 72-hour patches instead of one.
&#8220;It&#8217;s much stronger than morphine, so it&#8217;s easier to overdose on,&#8221; Pylkas said, &#8220;because it&#8217;s incredibly potent. We measure it in micrograms, not in milligrams&#8221; like other pain relievers.
While autopsies typically conclude within three to six weeks, experts said there are many reasons why Prince&#8217;s death might have taken longer than usual to investigate.

The megastar Prince was found dead in an elevator April 21 at Paisley Park in Chanhassen.

Deaths associated with drugs slow the investigative process, because they require toxicology tests, then Olympic-level verification to determine the exact type and amount of drugs, said Fred Apple, medical director of the clinical laboratories at the Hennepin County Medical Center, which did not conduct the Prince toxicology testing. Investigators then need to discuss if the level of drugs was toxic enough to have played a role in the death or if it was typical for someone taking medication.
&#8220;It&#8217;s not like you see on TV on &#8216;NCIS,&#8217;&#8201;&#8221; Apple said, &#8220;where someone shoots something into an instrument and two minutes later, a result comes out.&#8221;
As news of the medical examiner&#8217;s findings spread Thursday, a former Prince insider expressed disbelief.
&#8220;I&#8217;m extremely upset and saddened,&#8221; Matt Fink, who played keyboard in Prince&#8217;s band from 1978 through 1990, said in a phone interview.
Meanwhile, the scene at Paisley Park was quiet Thursday afternoon. About 20 fans gathered at a fence where hundreds of mementos had been placed in the hours and days after Prince&#8217;s death six weeks ago.
A team of volunteers cleaned up the site about two weeks ago, but paintings, flowers, balloons and other memorabilia have since reappeared.

http://www.startribune.com/prince-died-from-opioid-overdose/381663221/

 

[elusive moonwalker]

crazy that drs prescribe such strong drugs. i guess thats what happens when you have a health system that is money making focused

 

[Psychoniff]

Any way I can view the full autopsy report? Any links?

 

[#MJforever57]

crazy that drs prescribe such strong drugs. i guess thats what happens when you have a health system that is money making focused

That is the problem with the system today you got the money you can get the drugs no question asked. It just makes me so mad that these Doctors can't say NO Why keep prescribe the drug to the patient knowing that this drugs will cause the death of they patient. What every happen to the oath they took Do No Harm If these doctors prescribe to much medication to Prince then imo they should be held accountable for his death.

 

[bluemoon7]

That is the problem with the system today you got the money you can get the drugs no question asked. It just makes me so mad that these Doctors can't say NO Why keep prescribe the drug to the patient knowing that this drugs will cause the death of they patient. What every happen to the oath they took Do No Harm If these doctors prescribe to much medication to Prince then imo they should be held accountable for his death.

I think it goes for many types of drugs / medications that you really NEED them and your physician therefore prescribes them (I´m speaking for Germany).
Then it is your own responsibility to monitor your consumtion of these drugs. Simple example: I have to substitute thyroxine in order for my thyroid glands to work properly. If I`m not consistent in my taking the hormone, then I`ll have problems. Same with pain medication here in Germany and (I believe) most other kinds of drugs. But that does not mean it´s a good thing.

 

[#MJforever57]

I think it goes for many types of drugs / medications that you really NEED them and your physician therefore prescribes them (I´m speaking for Germany).
Then it is your own responsibility to monitor your consumtion of these drugs. Simple example: I have to substitute thyroxine in order for my thyroid glands to work properly. If I`m not consistent in my taking the hormone, then I`ll have problems. Same with pain medication here in Germany and (I believe) most other kinds of drugs. But that does not mean it´s a good thing.

I understand what you are saying too this was a drug that Prince did need to take because he had hip surgery done and he was in alots of pain but sometime it not good to give the patient to much of the prescribes medication there is always that chance of overdose which is what happen in Prince case. The pain was just to much for him;

I also agree with you that the patient is responsibility for monitor and taking the medication but for a doctor to keep given more it not good. In Prince case he was in alot of pain and he just over did it that is what makes it sad to see. Help came late because he did have a problem.

 

[elusive moonwalker]

Personally i think a drug that is as strong as that and has already caused numerous deaths and concern has been shown about its usage should not even be allowed to presribed to be used by ppl in their own home. Someone must have one hell of a condition to need to use that strength of drug. ie the person should be in some form of clinic

The issue to me isnt about ppl being able to get anything cause they are rich that to me that sounds like blame the vicitm or someone bought a not guilty verdict cause they had money. Its about the FDA doing their job re classifying dangerous drugs but the drug companies are all powerful $$

 

[#MJforever57]

Imo any drug that is that strong should not be taking at home by the patient to me that drug should be given in a hospital setting not at home 9/10 you take a strong drug like this at home you can overdose and it will cause your death as in the case for Prince.

 

[HIStory]

crazy that drs prescribe such strong drugs. i guess thats what happens when you have a health system that is money making focused

I read that on CNN they said they did not find any prescription for the drug in Prince's home and that's why there is an investigation. To be honest, with this result I only have more questions than answers.

This is an extremely potent drug, much more potent than morphine or even heroin. I did a little google on it and most of the time when it comes up it is mentioned in connection as a pain relief for cancer patients with big pain. Why did Prince need such a strong drug? Was it prescribed to him by a doctor or did he buy it illegally? What underlying health problem did he have that he needed such a strong drug? Unfortunately from the short report they released we don't have the answers to that. We should see the autopsy for that, but apparently they won't release that. Minnesota seems to be more protective of privacy there than California. Although some of the media may try to ask for the full autopsy based on the Freedom of Information Act. I guess media like TMZ will at least try, but every state has its own rules, so it may not be as easy to get media access to his autopsy in Minnesota as it would be in California.

I know about his hip problems but the report also says there have been scars on both of his hips which indicates he did have surgery on his hips in the past. But of course that doesn't mean they were successful and the pain went away. Maybe he still had pain despite of the surgery. Or maybe he got hooked on the drug when he did have pain and could not get off it ever since. The fact that a doctor (Kornfeld) whose field is getting people off drugs was contacted indicates there were addiction/dependency issues.

Maybe we will have more answers some time in the future.

 

[elusive moonwalker]

Prescriptions or not it still boggles the mind that a dr would give this to anyone. It makes crack look like sherbet. But then we all know the ethics of some drs. i dont see how prince could even perform if he needed this because of pain issues rather than an addiction from a previous operatipn for eg. Nancy grace must be upset!!. Approx 80 ppl die everyday in the USA from prescription/painkillers O.D's i guess making money is more important

 

[#MJforever57]

Exactly my point Why If there was no prescription found for this drug why was Prince taking it another question something is not right.

 

[elusive moonwalker]

I guess the investigation will tell whether he was been prescribed for legitimate reasons or whether it was something else. What ever the case the drs will cover their assses

 

[KOPV]

The medical industry is such a corrupt business.. It's literally glorified drug dealing that is built in a way that the government prospers because of it - so much goes unpunished!!

 

[#MJforever57]

I guess the investigation will tell whether he was been prescribed for legitimate reasons or whether it was something else. What ever the case the drs will cover their assses

You are right. The papers trail will disappear

 

[blue eyes]

He was so close to reach out to his birthday party...Sad. Happy BD Prince
He lived in my country for a while, but after the death of his son, never came back to which it was his home in Marbella. Some pics of that mansion,it is on sale for 5 million euros
http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/04/25/album/1461584827_386576.html#1461584827_386576_146158555 7
Spanish public tv 1999.I remember very well that performance of him

What can i say about his rendition of a song that i feel so much...Just love it . Thank you for the music Prince, you're really a Star .

 

[Bad World Tour]

a bit late but...

Success! June 7 is Prince Day in Minnesota

“Victory! Thanks to you and thousands of people around the world, Minnesota is recognizing today June 7 as Prince Day. Art like Prince’s helps shape the world.”

June 7 was selected since it was Prince’s birthdate; he would have turned 58 this year. You can read the Governor’s Proclamation by clicking here. It includes:

“The untimely passing of Prince on April 21, 2016 impacted millions and has been marked with tributes and celebrations of his life and music across the world.

Prince Day will be celebrated in Minnesota on June 7, 2016, Prince’s birthday.

http://www.care2.com/causes/success-june-7-is-prince-day-in-minnesota.html

 

[Snow White luvs Peter Pan]

Is the media going to compare Prince's death to Michael's too? Since fu.cking NO ONE says/writes Michael's real cause of death which was acute propofol intoxication.

 

[HIStory]

Is the media going to compare Prince's death to Michael's too? Since fu.cking NO ONE says/writes Michael's real cause of death which was acute propofol intoxication.

I have seen comparations but some of the comparations were very much wrong - saying that both MJ and Prince died of opiod overdose. I don't know what's so difficult for the media in getting things right. Especially when you have MJ's detailed autopsy out there and there have been two public trials where MJ's death has been thoroughly discussed. And some media still can't get MJ's cause of death right? SMH.

I have also seen a person in a comment section claim that both Prince and MJ died of Fentanyl overdose. Some people are just stupid and make up their own stories.

I don't like it how people with dependency/addiction issues get stigmatized in America and I wouldn't do that to Prince either, but I hope at least the likes of Nancy Grace will keep their ugly mouths shut now. Just hours after Prince's death she was running her mouth on TV bashing MJ as a "druggie" and was praising Prince for not dying of drug overdose like MJ did (yes, that's morbid enough in itself). She definitely looks like the fool that she is now.

 

[elusive moonwalker]

Ive seen very little reporting on the cause of death as ali's death happened at the same time it was released so the media moved onto that.

The media have always tried to re write history when it comes to mj. If they werent downplaying his success it was calling him things he wasnt. Interms of this it hardly helped when his family were the main instigators of the lie.

 

[barbee0715]

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Long before Prince died, he told close friends he wanted to turn his Paisley Park home and studio complex into a museum. Now, the trust company overseeing his estate — likely with the backing of Prince's siblings — is exploring the idea to open it up as a tourist attraction that some have compared with Elvis Presley's Graceland.
Paisley Park, in the Minneapolis suburb of Chanhassen, already has a large soundstage, two recording studios and the inner sanctum where he lived — the basics for operating as a museum, performance space and recording venue. Since no will has surfaced since Prince's April 21 death of an accidental fentanyl overdose, the final decision will be up to whoever the courts determine will inherit the estate.
Bremer Trust, the special administrator of Prince's estate, received permission from a Carver County judge Wednesday to hire entertainment industry experts to help determine how best to make money off Prince's intellectual property.
Details are contained in an affidavit by Bremer Trust President Craig Ordal, which is now sealed due to confidential business information and the sensitive nature of negotiations. But a filing by an attorney for Carlin Williams, a Colorado prison inmate who claims to be Prince's son, said the affidavit shows that Bremer's plans include hiring experts "on how to manage public tours of the grounds, facilities and buildings located at Paisley Park."
Prince hosted numerous parties and gatherings — some seemingly impromptu — at Paisley Park for years before his death. Shortly after it, his brother-in-law, Maurice Phillips, told the British tabloid The Sun that the family planned to turn it into a shrine to rival Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee. Longtime Prince collaborator Sheila E told "Entertainment Tonight" that Prince was already working on making it a museum, gathering memorabilia from his career, including his motorcycle from "Purple Rain."
And Jeremiah Freed, aka Dr. Funk and Dr. Funkenberry, a longtime fan and friend of Prince who hosts a podcast and website, said the pop superstar's ideas kept evolving, including ways for fans to hear and see his vast archive of unreleased music and videos, so that it'd be a different experience each time.
Prince had the kind of stature that should generate fan interest for many years, said Meredith Rutledge-Borger, associate curator at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, comparing him with Michael Jackson and John Lennon.
"It's a wonderful, wonderful ambition," she said. "It's going to be a lot of work. But they're ahead of the game because they've got the stuff ... he kept the majority of everything very much to himself."
And she also expressed hope that the complex would continue Prince's philanthropic work by serving as a music education center for young people.
Prince's 1985 song "Paisley Park" spoke of a place where "admission is easy ... come 2 this place in your heart." Any museum needs multiple revenue streams besides ticket sales, said Allan Hammons, who was instrumental in developing both the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center in Mississippi and the new GRAMMY Museum Mississippi. Such sources can include retail sales and space rentals for meetings and events. It also helps to stage new temporary exhibitions to bring people back, he said.
"You have to be creative, there's no doubt about that," Hammons said. "And you have to work at it constantly."
One advantage that Graceland and the B.B. King Museum have is that the artists are buried on site, so visitors can pay their respects, he said. Prince's relatives haven't said what they've done or intend to do with his cremated remains.
Nothing has come yet from talk of creating a similar shrine for Michael Jackson, who died in 2009. His sprawling Neverland estate in Los Olivos, California, was put on the market over a year ago for $100 million. Although three or four interested buyers have toured it, no offers have been accepted, according to real estate agent Suzanne Perkins. Its location more than a two-hour drive from Los Angeles could limit its appeal as a tourist hotspot anyway.
Officials with Graceland and Elvis Presley Enterprises declined to comment on possibilities for Paisley Park. But Freed winced at the comparisons with Graceland: "Paisley Park is far funkier than Graceland will ever be."
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Associated Press writer Ryan Nakashima in Los Angeles contributed to this report.
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Follow Steve Karnowski on Twitter at https://twitter.com/skarnowski. His work can be found at: http://bigstory.ap.org/content/steve-karnowski


http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/prince-paisley-park-eyed-museum-graceland-39768253

 

[#MJforever57]

I would love to go and see it if it happen.

 

[KOPV]

It would be great if it turned into a museum!!!

Not to turn this into being about anyone else, but I do wish someone else ALSO would get something like this!! I think you guys know who I'm talking abut.

 

[#MJforever57]

Yes we do.

 

[barbee0715]

It would be great if it turned into a museum!!!

Not to turn this into being about anyone else, but I do wish someone else ALSO would get something like this!! I think you guys know who I'm talking abut.

seems like Prince, like Michael, was hanging onto his memorabilia for a museum one day. Still hoping for Hayvenhurst.

 

[Ms. BlueGangsta]

Still hoping for Hayvenhurst.

TBH I doubt Michael will EVER have any sort of museum or landmark for fans to visit.
If it happened it would shock the heck outta me.

 

[#MJforever57]

It could happen one day maybe his kids will do something because it is really need a place for the fans to visit. I agree with barbee i hoping they do turn Hayvenhrust into a museum it is just sitting there.

 

[barbee0715]

TBH I doubt Michael will EVER have any sort of museum or landmark for fans to visit.
If it happened it would shock the heck outta me.

The Estate put out some kind of press release last year mentioning Hayvenhurst and I suppose that was to gauge the response. They've also mentioned Vegas but personally I think the actual home he designed and built would be more appropriate.
They're hanging on to all those warehouses of memorabilia for some reason.
(Whitney's estate, for example, is currently selling everything from her passport to her wedding dress).

 

[barbee0715]

Some good news about the handling of Prince's estate-I thought if anyone would have the will it would be McMillan. I'd never heard of him until he represented Katherine Jackson after Michael's death-but I researched him then, and he has a LONG legacy with Prince.





Prince Estate Gets Michael Jackson-Like Makeover With Return of Former Advisers
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by Roger Friedman - June 17, 2016 10:32 am
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Prince&#8217;s estate is about to party like it&#8217;s 1999. Or actually, 1996.


Taking a page from the Michael Jackson Estate playbook, the Prince estate&#8217;s music and entertainment interests are going to be overseen by two of his former advisers&#8211; Charles Koppelman and Londell McMillan.


When Jackson died, he had just re-hired former attorney John Branca. Branca became co-executor of Jackson&#8217;s estate thanks to a will he&#8217;d drawn up for Jackson during one of their past associations.


McMillan was Prince&#8217;s attorney during the 90s and the early part of the 2000s. He was responsible for the 1996 album &#8220;Emancipation.&#8221; At the time, Koppelman&#8211;who has a long track record in the music biz&#8211; was chairman and CEO of EMI Records, he cut the deal to distribute &#8220;Emancipation,&#8221; which was one of Prince&#8217;s last real hits on a regular label.


Koppelman had been a manager of Michael Jackson when the King of Pop was alive, back in 2003-2005. He and partner Al Malnik left Jackson&#8217;s business when the singer let the Nation of Islam and brother Randy Jackson take over his interests during his child molestation and conspiracy trial.


When Prince died, McMillan flew directly to Minneapolis and quickly got re-involved in advising Prince&#8217;s estate, which is in the hands of Bremer Trust National Association. The probate court in Minneapolis told Bremer to find music executives who could maximize Prince&#8217;s intellectual property until they can figure out who the heirs are. As far as anyone knows, Prince left no will.


Koppelman is a savvy choice. He&#8217;s built a reputation as a savior of companies like Martha Stewart and Steve Madden when their CEOs went to jail. He&#8217;s also had his own entertainment companies and the very cool but short-lived SBK record label with current Sony ATV Music chief Martin Bandier back in the 90s. (BTW His son, Brian, is the co-creator of the great new Showtime series &#8220;Billions.&#8221


Maybe one of the first things Koppelman and McMillan can do is bring back the &#8220;Emancipation&#8221; album. It&#8217;s one of many albums that no longer exist in print or for sale except as imports or collectors&#8217; items.


http://www.showbiz411.com/2016/06/1...-like-makeover-with-return-of-former-advisers