Posted on 04/22/2016 6:09:10 AM PDT by RayofHope
Prince Treated for Drug Overdose Days Before Death Prince Treated for Drug Overdose Days Before Death 7,254 4/21/2016 4:51 PM PDT BY TMZ STAFF EXCLUSIVE
42116-prince-getty-04Prince was treated for a drug overdose 6 days before his death ... multiple sources tell TMZ.
We broke the story ... Prince's private jet made an emergency landing in Moline, Illinois last Friday, hours after he performed in Atlanta. At the time his reps said he was battling the flu ... something we questioned because his plane was only 48 minutes from home before the unscheduled landing.
Multiple sources in Moline tell us, Prince was rushed to a hospital and doctors gave him a "save shot" ... typically administered to counteract the effects of an opiate.
(Excerpt) Read more at tmz.com ...
I’m guessing it will be eerily similar to Michael Jackson’s death. Prince’s facade was that he was a vegan teetotaler. In reality, he was paranoid and fastidious.
I had one “run-in” with him and it involved not being allowed to stop on a floor of a hotel where he MIGHT have been staying.
Just another dead doper?
Sounds like something out of Pulp Fiction.
Still, RIP.
Please note that this has the sole source of TMZ. While their credibility may be a little better than Nigerian Scoop, I would not proclaim it as righteous until someone else backs it up.
The truth will always out.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
Couldn’t he have gone to a high-end hospital with a private suite?
Very sad, if true.
He made it past 27 years old which is a common date for musicians to die.
Didn’t the guy have epilepsy ?
My neighbor had epilepsy and she died at 22 .
May they all Rest in peace .
The “insider” rumor mill yesterday was saying he died of AIDS, which he contracted back in the 90’s but stopped taking his medication.
Where DID this information come from ?
The hospital would not have released any of this information ?
Who ?
Money talks HIPAA walks.
What kind of drugs did he OD on? I’ll bet it wasn’t St. Joseph’s
children’s aspirin or Alka Seltzer.
The guy had epilepsy and was 57.
He outlived millions who suffer from that terrible inflection.
I question if it’s true.
The hospital is in deep trouble for leaking his medical record if it’s actually true .
In Moline, Illinois?
He had hip problems, so it’s conceivable he got hooked on painkillers.
Like the “insider” rumor mill about Richard Gere and Rod Stewart?
Or Elvis.
I have it on VERY good authority (from a woman who was very active in the industry and still is to a lesser extent now) that Prince was a voracious consumer of cocaine back in the old days. Amounts that would kill normal people. It’s likely the guy had a very bad heart and at best he could have had a heart attack. At worst it could have been an overdose.
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