Prince Cause of Death: Midwest Medical Examiners Office Reveals When He Will Perform Autopsy

We’re finally one step closer to getting some answers as to what happened to iconic musician Prince on April 21 that lead to his untimely death. The Midwest Medical Examiners Office in Ramsey, MN, has announced when they will perform his autopsy.

The Midwest Medical Examiner’s office said late Friday that it had received the musician’s body and will perform the procedure on Friday, April 22.

“The body of Prince Rogers Nelson has been received by Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office in Ramsey, MN. An autopsy will be performed tomorrow,” the medical examiner’s office said.

Very little is currently known about Prince’s death. He was found in the elevator of his Minnesota Estate by police on April 21, after allegedly battling the flu for over a week.

It was originally reported that an unidentified person had died at Prince’s home, causing major concern for the singer’s health. Sadly, it was quickly confirmed that Prince had, in fact, passed away. It was his body that had been discovered.

The legendary music icon was rushed to the hospital on April 15 after his private jet made an emergency landing in Illinois in the middle of the night.

The 57-year-old singer had been battling the flu, but still took to the stage in Atlanta on April 14 after pushing the show back a week.

After his sold-out performance, he felt worse. Shortly after, he boarded his private jet his plane diverted to Quad City International Airport in Moline to make the emergency landing.

Prince at the time had a good sense of humor about the whole thing as he took to Twitter on April 15 a little while after the news of his illness broke to share what he’s listening to. “#NowPlaying “Controversy (Single Version)” by @Prince in @TIDALHiFi : ) : ).”