It has been confirmed that Prince’s body was cremated in a secret memorial service yesterday. The event took place at his Paisley Park estate in Minnesota, where he was tragically found dead in an elevator on Thursday.
Prince’s sister, Tyka Nelson, was spotted taking the star’s ashes from the First Memorial Waterston chapel in south Minneapolis with her son Prez, with the chapel priding themselves on providing “professional funeral services for all religious, ethnic and social backgrounds”. Prince was a member of the Christian denomination of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, which is why his funeral took place so quickly as the faith dictates it should always be within one week of death. However, Prince’s cremation doesn’t follow the Jehovah Witness ritual of being laid to rest in a grave.
The Mirror report that Prince had already told his family of the type of service he wished to have following his death, insisting that there should be “no drama”. The funeral comes just one day after Prince’s body was released to his family following an autopsy, with it still being inconclusive as to how the singing legend died. However, Carver County Sheriff Jim Olson did rule out suicide, saying in a press conference: “We have no reason to believe at this point that it’s a suicide, but it’s early on in the investigation. “Prince is a very private person and I don’t think it would be unusual for him to be there by himself.”
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