According to
the National Enquirer Prince was diagnosed with HIV back in the 1990s, but that
developed into AIDS toward the end of last year.
The Enquirer
goes on to claim that the singer became addicted to opiate medication Percoet
that he was using to dull the pain he was suffering in his last months of life.
A statement
by those close to Prince following his death said he died of influenza, an
infection that would likely have proved fatal if his immune system had been
decimated by AIDS.
Days before
he was found dead in a lift at his Paisley Park mansion in Chanhassen,
Minneapolis, he had been seen making runs to a local pharmacy to pick up bags
of prescriptions.
An employee
at the Walgreens that served him said: 'We were all just shocked that he came
in last night looking so beat. We said: "We are praying for you."'
Prince was
suffering from AIDS before being found dead last week and had refused treatment
because he believed he could be cured by prayer, it has been claimed.
The Purple
Rain singer, who was a Jehovah's Witness, was diagnosed with the crippling
condition just six months before he passed away, sources told the National
Enquirer.
The
57-year-old weighed just 80lbs by the time of his death and had been 'preparing
to die for a little while', the supermarket tabloid says sources told it.
A source, who
was not identified by the Enquirer, said: 'Doctors told Prince his blood count
was unusually low and that his body temperature had dropped dangerously below
the normal 98.6 degrees to 94 degrees.
'He was
totally iron-deficient, very weak and often disoriented. He rarely ate and when
he did, it all came right back up.
'His face was
yellowish, the skin on his neck was hanging off and the tips of fingers were a
brownish-yellow.'
This comes as
sources close to the investigation into the singer's death claimed that he had
prescription painkillers in his possession when he died.
CNN reported
that the pain-killing substance was found on Prince while the Star Tribune in
Minneapolis reported that prescription pills were found where the musician died
at the age of 57 last week at his home in suburban Minneapolis.
Both reports
were based on unidentified law enforcement sources. 'He said, almost under his
breath: "Maybe if you prayed for me a year ago it’d be different right
now." Then he waved and said thanks anyway.'
Daily Mail
Enquirer
CNN
Not surprise rest in peace
ReplyDeletesome people play with their lives why was he not using his drugs for HIV
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