Prince cremated as family and friends pay tribute to the famed singer and songwriter....By Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's Black digital news leader
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CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM-Prince's remains have been cremated, and on Saturday his family members and friends attended a private ceremony in his honor at the studio where his estate in Paisley Park in Chanhassen, a suburb of Minneapolis
Among those in attendance to say farewell to the famed singer and songwriter were his sister, Tyka Nelson, musician and former collaborator Sheila E., his former bass player and prior girlfriend
His death has taken the nation by storm.
"Prince was celebrated by a small group of his most beloved: family, friends and his musicians, in a private, beautiful ceremony to say a loving goodbye," Prince publicist Anna Meacham said in a press statement.
Authorities are investigating his death and an autopsy was conducted on Friday. Police have said that their were no signs of foul play or suicide.
Prince had been briefly hospitalized last week for flu-like symptoms and died in an elevator on his Paisley Park estate on April 21.
He was 57-years-old.
He was 57-years-old.