Prior to his death on Thursday, singer-songwriter Prince had long struggled with health issues. He was reportedly down with the flu in the past weeks that led to the cancellation of his concerts earlier this month.
Fox News reported that Prince had to miss two concerts in Atlanta last April 7 but his flu landed him in a hospital. He was later on released which allowed him to do a show last April 14.
A lot of people did not know that this was going to be his last performance. On his Twitter account, he even shared how happy he was with the outcome of the concert. "I am transformed. I am still floating on a cloud of purple intoxication after last night's Piano & A Microphone show in Atlanta." He was found dead in an elevator at Paisley Park Complex in Chanhassen, Minnesota on Thursday morning, CNN reported.
Though authorities are still investigating his cause of death, many have been aware that he struggled with health problems long ago. Fox News said he started revealing his concerns in 2009 when he said that he was born an epileptic.
"I've never spoken about this before but I was born epileptic," Prince was quoted by the same report as saying during an earlier interview with Tavis Smiley. "I used to have seizures when I was young. My mother and father didn't know what to do or how to handle it but they did the best they could with what little they had."
During the 2013 Grammys, Fox News highlighted that many of Prince's fans got concerned when he appeared on stage with a cane. People suspected that it was because of hip issues caused by his decades of dancing.
A person close to the pop icon told E! that Prince did not look well this year. However, the source claimed that he sought medical help but claimed that he could not get a blood transfusion since he was a Jehovah Witness who believed in treatments that do not involve blood.
