Prince Dead: One-man studio band Prince dies at 57

The songwriter, singer, producer, one-man studio band and complete showman, Prince, 57, died on Thursday at his home, Paisley Park, in Chanhassen, Minn.

Yvette Noel-Schure, his publicist confirmed his death but did not report a cause for it. The Carver County sheriff, Jim Olson, said that deputies responded to an emergency call at 9:43 a.m. "When deputies and medical personnel arrived," he said, "they found an unresponsive adult male in the elevator. Emergency medical workers attempted to provide lifesaving CPR, but were unable to revive the victim. He was pronounced deceased at 10:07 a.m."

The investigation pf his death shall be continued by the sheriff's office.

Ms. Noel-Schure said Prince was "fighting the flu" and last week there was an emergency plane landing.

Prince was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and developed an interest in music at an early age, writing his first song at age seven. His 1979 album Prince went platinum due to the success of the singles "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?" and "I Wanna Be Your Lover". His next three records-Dirty Mind(1980), Controversy (1981), and 1999 (1982)-continued his success,

A seven-time Grammy winner, Prince had Top 10 hits like "Little Red Corvette," "When Doves Cry," "Let's Go Crazy," "Kiss" and "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World"; albums like "Dirty Mind," "1999" and "Sign O' the Times" were full-length statements. His songs also became hits for others, among them "Nothing Compares 2 U" for Sinead O'Connor, "Manic Monday" for the Bangles and "I Feel for You" for Chaka Khan. With the1984 film and album "Purple Rain," he told a fictionalized version of his own story: biracial, gifted, spectacularly ambitious. Its music won him an Academy Award, and the album sold more than 13 million copies in the United States alone, reported The New York Times.

Rest In Peace!