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Tyka Nelson, Singer and Prince’s Only Full Sibling, Dies at 64


Tyka Nelson, a Minneapolis-based singer and Prince’s only full sibling, died Monday morning, a rep for Prince’s estate confirms to Variety.

“I’m getting older,” Nelson told the Minnesota Star Tribune before the show, downplaying her musical ability. “She had her own mind,” Sharon Nelson, her sister, told the Tribune on Monday night. She and two other siblings sold their interests to Primary Wave Music while the others retained their holdings.

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