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Nearly two years to the day of Prince‘s death, the singer’s death investigation has been completed. No criminal charges will be filed in relation to the 2016 death, Carver County attorney Mark Metz said in a news conference Thursday.
The Purple Rain singer died of an accidental fentanyl overdose, believing the pills were counterfeit Vicodin.
“Prince had no idea he was taking a counterfeit pill that could kill him,” the attorney said.
Fentanyl is a powerful painkiller about 30 to 50 times stronger than heroin.
“Prince’s death is a tragic example that opioid addiction and overdose deaths do not discriminate, no matter the demographic,” Metz said.
