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| Prince's family starts dividing the singer's assets | |
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| The family members of pop singer Prince have begun the process of dividing up the American singer's sizeable assets. | |
| Prince Rogers Nelson left no known will and his assets are estimated to be worth about $100m (£68m). | |
| The singer died at his Paisley Park compound outside Minneapolis, Minnesota, on 21 April. | |
| His sister, Tyka Nelson, and half-siblings are the apparent heirs to his estate, authorities have said. | His sister, Tyka Nelson, and half-siblings are the apparent heirs to his estate, authorities have said. |
| Ms Nelson and and Prince's half-sibling Alfred Jackson attended a hearing on Monday at the Carver County courthouse in Minnesota, where lawyers began surveying the singer's estate. | Ms Nelson and and Prince's half-sibling Alfred Jackson attended a hearing on Monday at the Carver County courthouse in Minnesota, where lawyers began surveying the singer's estate. |
| If no will is found, the state will determine how the money is divided up. | |
| During the short hearing, Judge Kevin Eide formally appointed Bremer Trust National Association as the special administration to oversee Prince's probate case. | During the short hearing, Judge Kevin Eide formally appointed Bremer Trust National Association as the special administration to oversee Prince's probate case. |
| One attorney said there was an "ongoing search" for a will. | |
| Investigators are still determining how the singer, songwriter and producer died. | |
| Prescription painkillers were in the singer's possession when he died. But it is unclear what role, if any, those drugs may have played. | Prescription painkillers were in the singer's possession when he died. But it is unclear what role, if any, those drugs may have played. |
| A law enforcement official confirmed to the Associated Press that investigators were looking into whether Prince died from a drug overdose and whether a doctor was prescribing him drugs in the weeks before his death. | |
| They are also looking at whether a doctor was on a plane that made an emergency landing in Illinois less than a week before the singer died. He was taken to a hospital in Illinois, but was treated and released a few hours later. | They are also looking at whether a doctor was on a plane that made an emergency landing in Illinois less than a week before the singer died. He was taken to a hospital in Illinois, but was treated and released a few hours later. |
| A vault containing unreleased Prince songs was found at his estate and will be drilled open by the company with temporary authority over his estate, according to ABC News. | A vault containing unreleased Prince songs was found at his estate and will be drilled open by the company with temporary authority over his estate, according to ABC News. |
| He told US TV programme The View about his unreleased music in 2012. | He told US TV programme The View about his unreleased music in 2012. |
| "One day, someone will release them. I don't know that I'll get to release them," he said. "There's just so many." | "One day, someone will release them. I don't know that I'll get to release them," he said. "There's just so many." |
| Enough music was apparently left behind to release an album a year for the next century. | Enough music was apparently left behind to release an album a year for the next century. |
| His former recording engineer, Susan Rodgers, said: "We could put out more work in a month than most people could do in a year or more." |