Late music icon, Prince was ‘preparing to die for a little while’ after being diagnosed with AIDS, according to a new report.
The Purple Rain singer was reportedly diagnosed with the condition just six months before he passed away, sources told the National Enquirer.
READ: Gone but not forgotten: In memory of Nomoreloss, Prince, Papa Wemba, Johan Cruyff, David Bowie…
‘He was in bad shape,’ the source claimed to the newspaper.
‘Doctors told Prince his blood count was unusually low and that his body temperature had dropped dangerously below the normal 98.6 degrees to 94 degrees.
‘He was totally iron-deficient, very weak and often disoriented. He rarely ate and when he did, it all came right back up.
‘His face was yellowish, the skin on his neck was hanging off and the tips of fingers were a brownish-yellow.’
Also Read: Prince’s autopsy completed, results reportedly inconclusive
The magazine claims the Purple Rain star was diagnosed with AIDS six months ago after contracting the HIV virus ‘in the 1990s’.
However due to his Jehovah’s Witness faith, he reportedly refused medical treatment, instead believing he could be cured by prayers.
Prince’s death last Thursday came five days after his private jet was forced to make an emergency landing after he is suspected to have overdosed on the painkiller Percocet.
Days before he was dead in a lift at his Paisley Park home in Chanhassen, Minneapolis, he had been seen making runs to a local pharmacy to pick up bags of prescriptions.
An autopsy on Prince was performed on April 22, 2016 and results may take weeks to come back.
