Princehis sister Tyka Nelson he died at the age of 64.

son of nelson, President Nelsonshared the news of his mother’s death Minnesota Star Tribune on Tuesday, Nov. 5, but did not provide further details. (We weekly has contacted Prince’s estate for comment.)

“She had a mind of her own. She’s in a better place,” her half-sister, Sharon Nelsonhe told the press.

Nelson – who was two years younger than her famous brother – died early Monday, according to the newspaper.

Like Prince and her jazz singer parents 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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right Star TribuneNelson was set to retire from music in June, with a final concert scheduled to take place in Minneapolis. However, Nelson fell ill and did not make it.

“I’m getting old. I wasn’t really a singer. I am a writer. I can simply sing. I love to sing,” she told the press before the concert.

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

The star’s sister told him Star Tribune in June that she last spoke to him four days before his death.

“He kept avoiding the questions. I just kept getting angry,” Nelson said. “I felt like, ‘Talk to me for two seconds.’ He would change the subject, make a joke, and then we would both laugh. He asked me if I could find more information about our family. Prince wanted me to find his (half sister) Sharon’s number. I didn’t question it. It was like, “Send this picture to that person.” GOOD. For what?”

Nelson also said that she didn’t realize how popular her brother was until after his death.

“I didn’t know Prince was that big,” she recalled of a trip to London to promote a Prince exhibition in 2017. “They lined up to tell me stories. Women would tell me, “I’m going to kill myself and then I put this (Prince) song on or I heard it on the radio and I didn’t want to die.” It’s so wonderful. So now you’re going to make me cry.”

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