News has reached us that Prince has died aged 57 at his estate in Minnesota, just days after he was rushed to hospital from his private plane with flu.
Paramedics were called out to his Paisley Park estate at 9.43am and Carver County Sheriff’s Department confirmed that there had been a fatality.
Prince had been hospitalized six days ago with flu symptoms.
He was aboard his private flight when he fell ill, forcing it to make an unscheduled landing in Illinois on Friday morning.
He had had been suffering from flu for a number of weeks and was believed to be recovering, but took a turn for the worse in the early hours of Friday.
He was treated for three hours before being released.
Initial reports on his condition painted a much graver pictures, with one source claiming at the time he was ‘not doing well’.
The star had performed at The Fox Theatre in Atlanta on last Thursday night – the second of two back-to-back sold out shows – and had seemed fine during the concert.