United Kingdom, April 17 -- Prince didn't want to live past 35.

The Purple Rain singer's apparent death wish was revealed in a series of chats with members of his closest family, friends and collaborators to mark the 10th anniversary of his death.

Prince passed away on 21 April aged 57.

The music icon was found unresponsive in an elevator at his sprawling Paisley Park estate in Chanhassen, Minnesota.

His death was later ruled an accidental overdose of fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid.

As part of a series of interviews to commemorate his shock passing,

His lighting director and friend LeRoy Bennett said: "When he was about 26 he told me he didn't want to live past 35: we're all lucky that we had a couple more decades with him."...