It is reported that a few days before his death the singer was at a reception with a doctor who prescribed him strong painkillers. The drug was prescribed in the name of a friend of the musician Kirk Johnson. It is alleged that this maneuver was made to protect the privacy of the star.

According to police, the singer suffered from drug addiction. In the house of Prince was found many medications. However, the investigation has not yet established where the musician received an opioid analgesic fentanyl, an overdose of which caused death. The turnover of this drug in the US is under federal control.

Earlier, URA-Inform reported that the recently deceased poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko was buried in Russia.