Cops Interview Family Attorney, As Sister Files Legal Documents, No Evidence of Will, With Claims Prince Was Cash-Strapped During Life

Police in the Prince death investigation have interviewed a lawyer who repped 2 of the singer's siblings who claimed Prince abused Percocet and cocaine and they feared he'd "die young." 

Mike Padden is an attorney who repped Prince's half sister Lorna and stepbrother Duane in the early 2000s. Padden tells TMZ both Lorna and Duane separately told him Prince regularly abused the drugs. BTW, Duane was very close to Prince and even worked as his bodyguard.  

We're told the lawyer contacted the cops and they called him back over the weekend for an interview and he relayed the information about the drugs.

Duane died in 2011 and Lorna passed in 2006, so Padden's information is not up to date. Another very close family member -- who was in touch with Prince 'til the end -- also tells TMZ Prince had used those drugs for many years.

Prince Death Spurs Tributes in Purple

The life of the singer Prince, who has died at the age of 57, is being marked with purple-coloured tributes.

Buildings, newspaper front pages and websites across the US and beyond have changed colour in his honour.

Prince was found dead at his Minnesota home on Thursday. He became a superstar in the 1980s, with the albums 1999, Purple Rain and Sign O' the Times.

No cause of death has been stated and a post-mortem investigation will take place on Friday.

US President Barack Obama said the world had "lost a creative icon".

Prince's innovative music spanned rock, funk and jazz. He sold more than 100 million records during his career.

Pop Icon David Bowie's Mysterious Self-Portrait Sells For £5k in Auction

THIS eerie David Bowie self-portrait is expected to be make a staggering £5,000 at auction.

The music legend plunged millions of fans around the world into mourning after his death on January 10.

The iconic 69-year-old died from liver cancer in his New York apartment.

It emerged the pop icon had been diagnosed with the illness for 18 months but had not made the news public.

He donated the self-portrait he named DHEAD to a charity exhibition in Edinburgh. The collector who is selling it now is understood to have had since snapping it up at the 1998 display.

[Photos] Newly Released Images Of Nelson Mandela Reveal The Charm That Made Him An Icon

Unseen Mandela: Intimate portraits show the indomitable spirit of smiling icon who reduced photographer's team to tears just by his presence   

A series of stunning photographs capturing Nelson Mandela strength of character have been released. The pictures were taken in 2011 as part of film-maker Adrian Steirn’s celebration of South Africa, entitled ‘21 Icons’.

The freedom fighter reduced the crew to tears with his stories and jokes, according to Steirn. 

He told The Times: ‘At one point I looked up and everyone was just crying. If you’re a South African, you’re connected to Mandela. He represents the human spirit.’ But, Mr Mandela did try and keep everyone in good spirits by cracking jokes.