The news of Prince ‘s passing on April 21, 2016 sent shockwaves around the world.
On April 15, while flying from Atlanta to Minneapolis during the US leg of his stripped-back Piano & A Microphone Tour, he became unresponsive, and his private jet made an emergency landing at Quad Cities International Airport in Moline, Illinois, where he was hospitalized and received naloxone. He left the next morning against medical advice and returned to Chanhassenn, Minnesota where he showed up a Record Store Day event and on April 19, attended a gig by jazz singer Lizz Wright.
A scheduled visit by a specialist to see Prince at his Paisley Park residence and studio about his medication for pain management was not meant to be. On the morning of April 21, he was found unresponsive in an elevator. Paramedics performed CPR but concluded he had been dead for hours. His death was attributed to an accidental overdose of fentanyl. Prince was 57.
