Prince was a legendary singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and actor. (Photo : Getty Images/Jonathan Daniel)
As the world is left stunned over the death of music icon Prince, 57, the question of what killed the legend, after he performed in Atlanta to rave reviews, still remains unanswered.
Prince died on April 21, Thursday, after he was found unresponsive in the elevator of his studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota. The investigation to determine the cause of death is still on as the autopsy is scheduled to be done on April 22, Friday.
Police was summoned to the late legend's Paisley Park estate during the early hours of Thursday, after which paramedics tried to perform CPR but were unable to revive him, authorities told CNN. He was pronounced dead at 10:07 am.
Just last week, the late musician was rushed to hospital. He was apparently recovering from a bout of flu that had forced his private jet to make an emergency landing in Illinois. He was last seen in public at a dance party held at his estate where he told the fans to wait for a few more days, The Guardian reported.
Born in a musical family in Minnesota, Prince wrote his first tune when he was barely seven. He released his first album "For You" at the age of 20. His self-titled second album reached no. 4 on Billboard Top R&B charts.
Over the next 40 years, Prince made 40 albums and won seven Grammy awards in a flood of musical output. He was known for his sprawling musical taste, androgynous style, genre-bending innovative imagination and sexual outrageousness. He had cut four albums in last 18 months and was working on a memoir that was scheduled to release next year.
As soon as the news of Prince's death came out, thousands of fans gathered outside his Paisley Park home, wearing purple outfits and carrying purple flowers and stuffed toys. Several celebrities and politicians, including US President Barack Obama, Justin Timberlake, Demi Lovato and Ellen DeGeneres have also expressed their grief over the music icon's sudden death.
US space agency, NASA, also tweeted a pic of a "purple nebula" as a tribute to Prince.
A purple nebula, in honor of Prince, who passed away today. https://t.co/7buFWWExMw pic.twitter.com/ONQDwSQwVa
— NASA (@NASA) April 21, 2016
Meanwhile, check out the late legend's best work below:
