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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Entertainment
Adrian Horton

Prince family and advisers settle distribution of singer’s $156m estate

Prince in 2007
Prince in 2007. A Primary Wave spokesman said the company was ‘extremely pleased that the process of closing the Prince estate has now been finalized’. Photograph: David J Phillip/AP

The family of Prince have reached an agreement over the division of his $156m estate following a six-year legal battle after the singer died without a will.

The star died aged 57 in April 2016 from a fentanyl overdose at his Paisley Park home outside Minneapolis. With no spouse or living children, Prince’s estate passed to his six half-siblings, who could not agree on a distribution plan and frequently ended up in court.

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