Princesister Tyka Nelson He died at the age of 64.

Nelson’s son President NelsonHe shared the news of his mother’s death with the public Minnesota Stars Tribune It was announced on Tuesday, November 5, but no further details were given. (Us Weekly He reached out to the Prince estate for comment.)

“He had a mind of his own. He’s in a better place,” his half-sister said. Sharon Nelsonhe told the outlet.

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

Jazz singer like Prince and his family Mattie Della Shaw Baker and musician John L NelsonNelson was an accomplished musician who recorded and released four studio albums between 1988 and 2011.

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according to Star TribuneNelson would retire from music with a final concert set to take place in Minneapolis in June. However, Nelson fell ill and did not make it.

“I’m getting old. I wasn’t actually a singer. I am a writer. I can only sing. “I love singing,” she told the outlet before the concert.

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

The star’s sister told Star Tribune He said he spoke to her in June, four days before her death.

“He continued to evade questions. “I kept getting angry,” Nelson said. “I felt like, ‘Talk to me for two seconds.’ We’d change the subject, make a joke, and then we’d both laugh. He asked me if I could find out more about our family. Prince asked me to find Sharon’s (half-sister) number. I didn’t question it. It was like, ‘Send this picture to that person.’ OK. Why?”

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

“I didn’t know Prince was this big,” he said of his 2017 trip to London to promote the Prince exhibition. “They lined up to tell me stories. Women were telling me, ‘I’m going to kill myself and then I put on this (Prince) song or I heard it on the radio and I didn’t want to die.’ It’s so amazing. Now you’re going to make me cry.”

Nelson and Prince also had five half-siblings: Sharon, norrin And John Nelson (who died in 2021), Alfred Jackson (person who died in 2019) and Omer Baker.