Prince‘s sister Tyka Nelson suffered congestive coronary heart failure when she died … however authorities say her coronary heart was additionally weakened by substance abuse.
The Minnesota Dept. of Well being issued Tyka’s dying certificates, which lists cardiac arrest as the first reason for dying, and congestive coronary heart failure because the secondary trigger.
In line with her dying certificates, the 64-year-old singer and songwriter suffered cardiac arrest about 45 minutes earlier than she was pronounced lifeless. She’d additionally battled non-ischemic cardiomyopathy — a basic time period for irregular coronary heart perform — for greater than 4 months.
Tyka died on November 4 within the Minneapolis/St. Paul space, and as TMZ first reported … she’d been coping with coronary heart issues for a number of years. We found paramedics had been referred to as to her residence no less than 6 occasions since September.
Her dying certificates additionally lists “substance use dysfunction” as a contributing situation in her dying, however the doc doesn’t listing any particular substance.
She was cremated and is survived by her 2 sons.
