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Drug Rehab Specialist Was Set To Meet Prince The Day After His Death
Tupac Shakur’s Mom, Afeni Has Died
Amber Rose Adds Talk Show Host To Resume
Prince was found dead one day before he was scheduled to meet with a California doctor in an attempt to kick an addiction to painkillers, an attorney with knowledge of the death investi- gation said Tuesday.
Dr. Howard Kornfeld, a national authority on opioid addiction treatment, was called by Prince representatives the night of April 20 because Prince “was dealing with a grave medical emergency,” said William Mauzy, a prominent Minneapolis attorney working with the Kornfeld family.
Kornfeld, who runs Recov- ery Without Walls in Mill Val- ley, Calif., could not clear his schedule to meet with Prince the next day, April 21, but he planned to fly out the following day.
So he sent his son, Andrew Kornfeld, who works with him, to Minnesota, with plans for him to go to Paisley Park to explain how the confidential treatment would work, Mauzy said.
“The plan was to quickly eval- uate his health and devise a treatment plan,” Mauzy said, speaking on behalf of the Ko- rnfelds. “... The doctor was planning on a lifesaving mis- sion.”
Several other sources with di- rect knowledge of the investi- gation confirmed Mauzy’s account. Calls and e-mails to the Kornfelds were not re- turned Tuesday evening.
Andrew Kornfeld was ex- pected to meet with Prince early Thursday after taking a red-eye flight from San Fran- cisco the night Prince’s repre-
PRINCE
sentatives called, Mauzy said. When Andrew Kornfeld arrived at Paisley Park at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Prince’s rep- resentatives could not find him, Mauzy said. Andrew Korn- feld was one of three people at Paisley Park when the musi- cian’s body was found in an el- evator a few minutes later — and it was Andrew Kornfeld
who called 911.
Mauzy said that Andrew Ko-
rnfeld told him that the others “screamed” when they found Prince and “were in too much shock” to call 911.
Unfamiliar with Paisley Park, Andrew Kornfeld simply told the dispatcher, “We’re at Prince’s house.”
Asked again to give an ad- dress, he said simply: “The peo- ple are just distraught. ... We’re in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and we are at the home of Prince.”
Emergency responders ar- rived within five minutes. Prince was pronounced dead at 10:07 a.m., 19 minutes after responders arrived.
AMBER ROSE
Amber Rose is adding talk show host to her résumé.
The entrepreneur and former model has landed her own weekly talk show on VH1, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
Produced by Dr. Phil's and his son Jay McGraw's Stage 29 Productions, the untitled weekly series will be hosted by Rose and premiere in the sum- mer. (A specific premiere date has not yet been determined.)
The weekly series will feature Rose conducting candid inter- views with celebrity friends and leading what is billed as provocative, entertaining and humorous conversations with guests on topics including pop culture, motherhood, relation- ships, friendships, race and en- trepreneurship.
An unidentified Midwestern man thinks he might be Prince's secret love child — and he wants a DNA test.
The man in his mid-30s reached out to a Los Angeles- based genealogical search firm to ask about procedures for es- tablishing paternity, John Hilbert, a partner at Heir Hunters International, told the Daily News.
The man bears a resemblance to Prince and claims his mother met the superstar on multiple occasions in the early 1980s around the time he was conceived, Hilbert said.
"Prince and his mother crossed paths several times," Hilbert said Tuesday. Hilbert said his firm will take the case to the Carver County judge over- seeing Prince's probate pro- ceeding if it can gather enough evidence to support a petition seeking a DNA test. The stakes are high. If an individual can prove through genetic testing that Prince is his or her father, that person could trump Prince's siblings if no will is found.
"If paternity can be deter- mined by clear and convincing evidence through DNA, the child would be recognized as Prince's sole heir and receive the assets through intestate suc- cession," Minnesota estate lawyer Susan Link told The News. “There's no statute of limitations on it.”
Afeni Shakur Davis, the mother of one of hip-hop's most seminal and iconic fig- ures, has died at age 69, the Marin County, California, sher- iff's office said Tuesday.
Though she is best known as Tupac Shakur's mom, she was also a Black Panther as a young adult and an activist and philanthropist in her later years.
Deputies responded to a call reporting "a possible cardiac arrest" at her Sausalito home around 9:34 p.m. Monday, the Marin County Sheriff's Office said.
Shakur Davis was taken to the hospital where she died at 10:28 p.m., the office said.
"At this point there is nothing to indicate to us that there was any foul play, nothing suspi-
Eddie Murphy has just added to his growing brood. The 55-year-old comedian welcomed his ninth child -- a baby girl -- with his longtime girlfriend, 36-year-old Paige Butcher, on Tuesday morn- ing, his rep confirmed to ET. The couple named their daughter, Izzy Oona Mur- phy.
Murphy's oldest children are Eric, with ex-girlfriend Paulette McNeely, and Christian, with ex-girlfriend Tamara Hood. He has five additional kids with ex-wife, Nicole Mitchell -- Bria, Myles, Shayne, Zola, and
Tupac Shakur and his mother, Afeni.
cious about this other than this being sadly a natural event that has occurred," Marin County Sheriff's Lt. Doug Pittman said Tuesday.
He said Shakur was in the company of a friend when she began to feel sick.
Eddie Murphy and his girl- friend, Paige Butcher.
Bella. His youngest is 9-year- old Angel, with former Spice Girl Melanie "Mel B" Brown.
Murphy and Butcher have been dating since 2012.
Man Thinks He May Be Prince’s Son
Eddie Murphy And Girlfriend Welcome New Baby
Broadway Play ‘Hamilton’ Nominated For Record Breaking 16 Tony Awards
‘Hamilton’ has been sold out for months.
As if Hamilton isn’t already making history with a hip-hop based biography about the first U.S. Secretary of Treasury, while featuring a cast largely made up of people of color. The Lin-Manuel Miranda produced megahit musical — sold out until fall 2016 — has nabbed a record-breaking 16 Tony Award nominations, making the show the biggest draw in Broadway history. The
15-nominations record was held by The Producers and Billy Elliot.
Earlier this year, Miranda won a 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Hamilton, which also garnered a Grammy Award and coveted spot on the Billboard 200 charts. Expect for Atlantic Records to release a Hamilton mixtape this fall, featuring Chance the Rapper, SIA, Usher and more.
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