The Most Heartbreaking Celebrity Deaths Of 2016

Prince

The true day of purple rain came on April 21, 2016 when the world lost one of the most influential artists of all time. Prince, Prince Rogers Nelson, was found in his elevator unresponsive at 9:43 AM and had seemingly overdosed on opiates. What the police did not know until much later following the rock star’s death was that the Hydrocodone that Prince thought he was taking was actually synthetic Fenatyl, an opiate that is said to be 30-50 times stronger than heroin.

CNN reports that the mislabeling of the drugs is under investigation currently and has potential to find the pharmacy responsible for this insanely dangerous and unfortunate mistake. Regardless of the reasons, we lost one of the most beautiful outspoken minds and voices of the generation way too soon.