'Prince' Has Died
A legend has died today and shattered the music world in the process. "Prince," was only 57 years old.
When my friends and I saw his movie 'Purple Rain," in 1984, it was like a revelation. His music was so powerful, it made him tower over the screen and into our hearts.
Prince, the songwriter, singer, producer, one-man studio band and consummate showman, died Thursday at his residence, Paisley Park, in Chanhassen, Minn., according to a statement from his publicist, Yvette Noel-Schure. He was 57.
No cause of death has been given. Last week, responding to news reports that Prince’s plane had made an emergency landing because of a health scare, Ms. Noel-Schure said Prince was “fighting the flu.”