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		</div><p>Prince was struggling with sore throats and stomach problems prior to his death last month, his personal chef has said.</p>
<p>The pop star was found dead in a lift at his Paisley Park estate on April 21 and so far no cause of death has been released.</p>
<p>A law enforcement official has said that investigators are looking into whether the star died from an overdose and whether a doctor was prescribing him drugs in the weeks beforehand.</p>
<p>But Ray Roberts, who cooked for Prince nearly every day for almost three years, said in an interview that wasn’t the man he saw nearly every night, “not even a hint, not at all”.</p>
<p>He did say he had noticed changes in Prince’s diet — he was eating less and drinking less water, and looked like he was losing weight.</p>
<p>He began wanting meals that were easier to digest and was fighting off waves of sore throats and frequent upset stomachs, the cook said.</p>
<p>“It felt like he wasn’t himself probably the last month or two,” Ray said. “I think he was just struggling with being sick a lot.”</p>
<p>Prince, who didn’t eat meat, normally loved foods like roasted beets and minestrone soup with a harissa chermoula, a herb sauce from North Africa.</p>
<p>In recent months, Ray said, as Prince would have sore throats or seem like he wasn’t feeling well for “weeks at a time” he would prefer smoothies and fresh juices to soothe his throat or stomach.</p>
<p>Ray and his wife began cooking for Prince in 2013 after an informal tryout with several other chefs, and he made all his meals for the musician in the restaurant-grade kitchen at Paisley Park.</p>
<p>The chef said cooking for the Purple Rain singer was a dream job and he relished the opportunity to listen to the star jam with other famous musicians.</p>
<p>He said Prince had a “higher purpose” and that while he could be a joker, most of the time he was a “caring, thoughtful person” who apologised if he was running late and considered his employees family.</p>
<p>“I wish he was still here,” he said. “That’s what it boils down to.”</p>
<p>Ray said he last saw Prince the evening before the musician was found dead. He cooked Prince a roasted red pepper bisque with a kale and spring vegetable salad. But Prince never ate it. When he returned to the musician’s studio home for his memorial service days later, Ray found it in the fridge — just as he’d left it.</p>
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