Prince Dead at 57
Source: TMZ
The artist known as Prince has died ... TMZ has learned. He was 57.
Prince's body was discovered at his Paisley Park compound in Minnesota early Thursday morning.
Multiple sources connected to the singer confirmed he had passed.
The singer -- full name Prince Rogers Nelson -- had a medical emergency on April 15th that forced his private jet to make an emergency landing in Illinois. But he appeared at a concert the next day to assure his fans he was okay. His people told TMZ he was battling the flu.
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But who knows. These are strange times. 
See above. 
RIP
Damn this has been a bad year so far.
Is TMZ a reliable source?
Of being correct when they break news about celebrities.
If their story holds, it is another person gone at far too young of an age.
He appeared at a concert after those cancellations and told his fans he had the flu.
Too bad he passed that young, have always been a fan of his, despite trying to keep track with his name iterations.
fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck
I always wanted to see him in concert. Loved his music!
Thank you, PRINCE. We'll never forget you.
Long Live Purple Rain!!!!!!!!!!!
Iconic singer leaves behind prolific, groundbreaking canon
By Kory Grow April 21, 2016
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/prince-dead-at-57-20160421
Prince, the legendary and innovative music artist, has died at age 57. TMZ reported Thursday that the Carver County Sheriff's department responded to an emergency call at the singer's Paisley Park studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota at 9:43 that morning. They waited to reveal the identity until after they'd notified his next of kin. A rep for the singer confirmed his death to the Associated Press.
A week ago, the singer's private plane made an emergency landing after a gig in the middle of the night in Moline, Illinois so he could go to a hospital. Varying reports said he was suffering dehydration and was getting over the flu. He was released after three hours and flew home, where he was recovering at home. He'd canceled some dates of his "Piano and a Microphone" tour in early April because of the flu, TMZ previously reported.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
... says it is true. RIP Prince.
He is describing his music in surprisingly knowledgeable terms. This one really upsets me more than it should.
Best Super Bowl halftime performance ever.
-JB
That SuperBowl halftime show was one for the ages. BEST EVER.
My very first date with my now husband of almost 30 years was seeing the movie Purple Rain at the 309n Drive-In in Montgomeryville, PA.
Needless to day... we had to go and see the movie again. The soundtrack of my courtship.
My Dad passed five days after Bowie and now the Purple One is gone. What an emotional year.
... Super Bowl half time show ever. In the effing pouring rain. It made the hair on my arms stand straight up while watching it.
When Purple Rain came out...oh what a crush I had on him....
Pure brilliance
I recorded and watched his performance at the tribute to George Harrison so many times. He blew me away there too. Sorry this vid is not a better quality but it was the only one I found on a quick search.
I'm so sad he's gone.
ARRRRRGGGGGGGGG....
DAMN. R.I.P.
And Vanity passed just 2 months ago.
when I first saw it this morning. He was such an amazing artist and so young.
Vanity, the artist who was a protege of Prince in the early 80s, has died at the age of 57. Vanity, whose real name was Denise Matthews, had suffered kidney failure and abdominal illness, according to TMZ.
Her death was confirmed in a tweet from her friend Sheila E, Prince’s drummer in the 80s.
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/16/vanity-prince-protege-dies?CMP=share_btn_tw
So who is who?
Which Prince?
CNN now confirms Prince has died at 57, He was well known to work out and run.....So Fucking Sad Seems Ive been using that candle a lot lately.............
RIP.
RIP Prince, died far too young.
I've known two other people who were late 50's early 60's that have passed suddenly recently.
Way too young. This is tragic.
tragic loss, a musical genius.
Love his music! He helped bring my music tastes out of the 60s-70s rock era into more up-to-date appreciation!
Dangit!!!!
I am absolutely devastated by this loss. I am still recovering from David Bowie and now Prince is gone from what seems like a bad flu??!! I CANNOT!!! David Bowie and Prince were the two artists who were the biggest part of the soundtrack of my adolescence. I am absolutely heartbroken. Just recently when he had to be rushed to the hospital and his name started trending my heart dropped and I was like phew!!! So for him to have now died I am just so so upset. RIP Sweet Prince. Another legend gone too soon.
He was playing here in SF at the Cow Palace. I managed to work my way up to the front of the stage right in front of him. He was TINY. He had his shirt off and was wearing lace pants. They were see-through. He had freckles all over his back. And he moved and danced more easily in a pair of 4" high heeled boots than any woman I knew.
Oh this is going to be a hard one...
What an utter tragedy. And only in his 50's.
Damn we have lost too many from my youth and early adulthood. Way too many and way too early...
Then it was announced that he "had the flu" and was released shortly afterward and he returned home.
So, I guess maybe it was pneumonia or some further complication of a respiratory infection.
Not that it really matters... I'm just talking so I don't get any more bummed.
*sigh*
Rock on, where ever you are once and future man called "Prince".
As some have noted, his Super Bowl show exceeded all those before and after -- in the rain, yet. The party I attended was skeptical, thinking he was a has-been. Half way through his act, they were shut down and ready for the last half. As I recall, the old vaudeville shadow show even shut down the t.v. commentators...
Some consider him a main link in the vitality of American Pop music, coming on when a lot of schlock was clogging the airwaves, and Rap was establishing its nduring foothold. IMO, he did what Motown did with pop: Establish a powerful African American presence in the face of other dominant music trends like the British Invasion. Only Prince seemed to do it single-handedly. The only artist able to compete with that influence was Michal Jackson.
And Prince was still at it. Rest in Skadi's arms.
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thanks....
A musical genius and a great loss...
RIP
RIP Prince.
I've been reading all day and keep thinking, this can't be real.
Prince is one of the most talented entertainers EVER in his singing, his dancing, his playing numerous instruments fluently, his looks, stage presence, giving way over 100% for the fans, his writing, style, and I could go on and on.
I am fortunate to have been to two of his concerts, one in Oakland, ca. and San Francisco. They were both wonderful.
I love you dear Prince. We'll never see the likes of him again.
