So sad. Forty deaths a day in the US from prescription pain med abuse. Feds really cracking down on Dr.s overprescribing. But seriously. Where’s the investigation and big to-do for the other 39 who died on April 29th 2016? Sometimes it takes this sort of tragedy to bring an issue to light. You will be missed, brother Prince.
I’d suggest waiting for more detailed information before ascribing terms such as “abuse” to the situation. There are many mistakes made, both in dosage and drug interactions, for quite a number of reasons.
Not trying to pass judgement or lecture … just keep an open mind until more detailed evidence surfaces. Always pay attention to when an “article” is an Associated Press piece; they’re about as sloppy and credible as Fox News.
Agreed. I didn’t mean to imply Prince was abusing drugs. Seems contrary to his character.
What does seem apparent from multiple sources is he had chronic joint pain later in life from the athleticism of his performances in all those years previous, the splits and all that. You go back and look at the videos and it’s just near-superhuman showmanship from a guy who was, after all, human and subject to the aging process. Like a sports star who suffers after the career is over. But whatever, I just wish he hadn’t died. So much talent, gone just like that. : (
The folks that are successful in committing suicide seem to be fighting an internal battle, seldom let others know about that battle and seem to be hiding it.
No one knew my father in law was as depressed as he must have been, thought all the guns were out of the house and didn’t know about the one he had hidden.
He, like Robin Williams, had a history of depression but no one knew it had gotten that bad.
Lived as a Prince, died like a pauper.