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As you know by now, Prince died tragically on Thursday morning at the age of fifty-seven.
The cause of death hasn’t been confirmed, but what we do know is that Prince (born Prince Rogers Nelson) had been battling the flu for a couple of weeks. The flu by itself can be a dangerous illness, but it’s highly irregular for a fifty-seven-year-old man with millions of dollars and access to the best possible healthcare could die from the flu. Not impossible, just irregular.
Is Prince dead? That’s what everyone wants to know. The sad answer is yes.
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However, Prince’s death could be easily explained if it was discovered that he had AIDS. Many fans of his believe that’s the case.
So did Prince actually have AIDS? We don’t have an answer, but we’re not the only ones who think that’s a likelihood. Just last week, BlindGossip posted a blind item about a popular African American celebrity.
Here’s the full post:
We just received word that a VERY popular African American celebrity – who has recently been in the news – now has what is being described as AIDS. Obviously since we are not able to 100% confirm the story – we’re going to leave it as a Blind Item. We want to make it clear we are NOT talking about Magic Johnson.
This report really hurt our heart.
According to a person extremely close to the situation, the celebrity, who is known for having a very extreme sexual past reportedly contracted the illness sometime in the 1990s. He kept the illness quiet but began taking his medication religiously up until about 2 years ago. Here’s what we’re told by a VERY trusted entertainment insider:
[The celebrity] believed that he was cured, and he had some crazy [religious] people who told him that God cured him. So he stopped taking his medication and the sickness came back. Now doctors say he’s dying, and there is nothing anyone can do about it.
We’re told that the celebrity is expected to get sicker and sicker, and eventually pass. It can happen as soon as the summer.
Very sad news.
BlindGossip has been wrong in the past, but they’ve also hit the nail on the head.
I think it’s important to note that Prince was around during an age when people really had no idea about AIDs/HIV or any of the dangers that unprotected sex could have.
Again, we don’t know if he had AIDS, but personally I don’t think it’s that much of a stretch to think that he could have been HIV positive. If he then went off his medication as those sources had said, then he would have gotten AIDs, which would have then led to the flu.
In the United States of America today, there are 1.2 million people living with HIV. In 2012, there were 12K+ HIV-related deaths.
Singer Prince Rogers Nelson, otherwise known as “Prince,” has been found dead at his Minnesota
Here are a couple of tweets from other fans who share the same opinion we do.