Prince‘s sister Tyka Nelson suffered congestive coronary heart failure when she died … however authorities say her coronary heart was additionally weakened by substance abuse.
The Minnesota Dept. of Well being issued Tyka’s loss of life certificates, which lists cardiac arrest as the first reason for loss of life, and congestive coronary heart failure because the secondary trigger.
In line with her loss of life certificates, the 64-year-old singer and songwriter suffered cardiac arrest about 45 minutes earlier than she was pronounced lifeless. She’d additionally battled non-ischemic cardiomyopathy — a basic time period for irregular coronary heart operate — for greater than 4 months.
Tyka died on November 4 within the Minneapolis/St. Paul space, and as TMZ first reported … she’d been coping with coronary heart issues for a number of years. We found paramedics had been known as to her residence a minimum of 6 instances since September.
Her loss of life certificates additionally lists “substance use disorder” as a contributing situation in her loss of life, however the doc doesn’t checklist any particular substance.
She was cremated and is survived by her 2 sons.
