Princethe sister Tyka Nelson He died at the age of 64.

Nelson’s son, president nelsonHe shared the news of his mother’s death with him. Minnesota Star Tribune on Tuesday, Nov. 5, but did not provide further details. (Us weekly Prince’s estate has been contacted for comment.)

“She had her own opinion. He is in a better place,” his half-sister, Sharon Nelsonhe told the media.

Nelson, who was two years younger than his famous brother, died early Monday morning, according to the newspaper.

Like Prince and his parents, a jazz singer. Mattie Della Shaw-Baker and musician John NelsonNelson was an accomplished musician who recorded and released four studio albums between 1988 and 2011.

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According to the star tribuneNelson was due to retire from music in June with a final concert scheduled to take place in Minneapolis. However, Nelson became ill and did not survive.

“I’m getting older. He really wasn’t a singer. I am a writer. Turns out I can sing. “I enjoy singing,” he told the outlet before the concert.

The prince was found dead in an elevator at his Paisley Park complex in Chanhassen, Minnesota, on April 21, 2016. He was 57 years old. The cause of his death was an accidental overdose of the opioid fentanyl.

The star’s sister told star tribune In June she spoke for the last time with him four days before his death.

“I kept avoiding the questions. I continued to get angry. I felt like, ‘Talk to me for two seconds.’ He would change the subject, make a joke, and then we would both laugh. He asked me if he could find out more information about our family. Prince wanted me to find Sharon’s (half-sister) number. I didn’t question it. It was like, ‘Send this photo to that person.’ OK. So that?”

Nelson also said he didn’t realize how popular his brother was until after his death.

“I didn’t know Prince was that big,” he recalled a trip to London to promote a Prince exhibition in 2017. “They were lining up to tell me stories. Women told me: ‘I’m going to kill myself and then I would play this song (by Prince) or I heard it on the radio and I didn’t want to die.’ That’s so wonderful. So now you’re going to make me cry.”

Nelson and Prince also had five half-siblings: Sharon, Norrina and John (who died in 2021) Nelson, alfred jackson (who died in 2019), and Omar Baker.