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Prince’s lawyer: Death a shock; singer led clean lifestyle

FILE- This July 6, 2009 file photo shows Jackson family attorneys L. Londell McMillan, left, and Burt Levitch speaking to the media during a news conference outside the Superior Court in Los Angeles. Prince’s longtime lawyer L. Londell McMillan says the death of the superstar was a complete shock. McMillan had known Prince for 25 years and at one time was his manager. In a phone interview Monday night, April 25, 2016, he told The Associated Press he spoke to Prince the Sunday before he died and Prince said he was doing “perfect.” (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
FILE- This July 6, 2009 file photo shows Jackson family attorneys L. Londell McMillan, left, and Burt Levitch speaking to the media during a news conference outside the Superior Court in Los Angeles. Prince’s longtime lawyer L. Londell McMillan says the death of the superstar was a complete shock. McMillan had known Prince for 25 years and at one time was his manager. In a phone interview Monday night, April 25, 2016, he told The Associated Press he spoke to Prince the Sunday before he died and Prince said he was doing “perfect.” (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Prince’s longtime lawyer called the death of the superstar a complete shock and said the singer lived a clean and healthy lifestyle, disputing suggestions that he had a drug addiction.

Prince was found dead in Paisley Park in Chanhassen, Minnesota, on Thursday. He was 57. An autopsy was conducted, but complete results won’t be in for weeks. Police said there was no indication of suicide.

Lawyer L. Londell McMillan had known Prince for 25 years and at one time was his manager. In a phone interview Monday night, he told The Associated Press he spoke to Prince the Sunday before he died and Prince said he was doing “perfect.”

McMillan also said Prince lived a clean lifestyle and wasn’t “drugged up.”