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with scott pelley. pelley: all day long, there has been an incredible outpouring of love for prince at his home in minnesota, this following a night of celebrations of his life and music, including an enormous block party thrown by spike lee in brooklyn, new york. prince had millions of fans all around the world, but ironically, he died alone. that was one of the revelations today about his sudden and still-unexplained death yesterday at the age of 57. dean reynolds has the latest on the investigation. reporter: a van pulled away from the medical examiner s office this afternoon, returning the poddy of prince rogers nelson to his fam low. carvey county sheriff jim olson spoke for many in this community. this is a tragedy for all of us. to you, prince rogers nelson was a celebrity. to us, he s a community member and a good neighbor. reporter: an autopsy and toxicology tests took place earlier today, but the results won t be known for a while. what is known is that prin
just to get warmed up. pelley: eight members of an ohio family have been murdered execution style. the trump persona his campaign calls it an act. cruz calls it a lie. and a special kind of love. i find anything that can t regulate its own body temperature endearing. pelley: steve hartman on the road. should be rivetting. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. pelley: all day long, there has been an incredible outpouring of love for prince at his home in minnesota, this following a night of celebrations of his life and music, including an enormous block party thrown by spike lee in brooklyn, new york. prince had millions of fans all around the world, but ironically, he died alone. today about his sudden and still-unexplained death yesterday at the age of 57. dean reynolds has the latest on the investigation. reporter: a van pulled away from the medical examiner s office this afternoon, returning the poddy of prince rogers
this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. toxicology tests took place earlier today, but the relts won t be known for a while. what is known is that prince was dropped off by friend at 8:00 p.m. on wednesday. when staffers could not reach him hours later on thursday, they went to his 65,000-square-foot home and studio and found him slumped in an elevator on the first floor, alone and unresponsive. a transcript of the 911 calls show it came from an unidentified male at 9:43 a.m. is there any reason to believe that foul play was involved? we have no reason to believe at this time it s a suicide. the rest of it is under investigation. reporter: it is known that prince had serious health issues and mystery shrouds a medical emergency that took place a week ago when his charter jet from atlanta to minneapolis was diverted to moline, illinois. after treatment there for what aides said was the flu, prince tweeted, i am transformed the next night he held a party for 200