Prince's sister Tyka Nelson has died aged 64: report

prince's sister Tyka Nelson died at the age of 64.

Nelson's son, President NelsonHe shared the news of his mother's death Minnesota Star Tribune on Tuesday, November 5, but provided no further information. (Us weekly has reached out to the Prince estate for comment.)

“She had a mind of her own. “She’s doing better,” her half-sister said. Sharon Nelsonsaid the outlet.

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

Like Prince and her parents, a jazz singer Mattie Della Shaw Baker and musicians John L. NelsonNelson was an accomplished musician who recorded and released four studio albums between 1988 and 2011.

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According to the Star TribuneNelson was scheduled to retire from music in June and a final concert was scheduled to take place in Minneapolis. However, Nelson became ill and didn't make it.

“I'm getting older. I really wasn't a singer. I am a writer. I can just sing. I enjoy singing,” she told the outlet before the concert.

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 listed as an accidental overdose of the opioid fentanyl.

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

“He kept dodging questions. I became more and more angry. I felt like, “Talk to me for two seconds.” He changed the subject, made a joke, and then we both laughed. He asked me if I could find more information about our family. Prince wanted me to find (half-sister) Sharon's number. I didn't question it. It was like, “Send this picture to this person.” OK. For what reason?”

Nelson also said it wasn't until after his death that she realized how popular her brother was.

“I didn’t know Prince was that big,” she recalls of a trip to London to promote a Prince exhibition in 2017. “They lined up to tell me stories. Women told me, “I'm going to kill myself, and then I put on that (Prince) song or heard it on the radio and I didn't want to die.” That'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 Omarr Baker.