Megapopstar Prince has been reported to have died today.

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Prince passed away at the age of 57

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[+4] - engineer - 04/21/2016Love to put the top down to Little Red Corvette.
[+3] - ehBeth - 04/21/2016I refuse to accept this news.
[+3] - CalamityJane - 04/21/2016I've had the great fortune of seeing him in a live concert - just superb and he was a true performer, giving his all to his fans at the concert. Next to David Bowie, he leaves a tremendous void...
[+3] - engineer - 04/22/2016He was treated for "flu like symptoms" when his plane made an emergency landing a few days ago. Given that he had an apparently sincere religious conversion to Jehovah's Witness some...
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@tsarstepan,

I refuse to accept this news.

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@ehBeth,

Being reported at several sites. This would be a great loss to the music world and at a relatively young age.

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@tsarstepan,

Pop Superstar Prince Has Died

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Pop music superstar Prince has been found dead at his home in suburban Minneapolis.

His publicist, Yvette Noel-Schure, told The Associated Press the music icon was found dead at his home Thursday in Chanhassen.

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CNN reporting it as well...

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I can't move. Literally.

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@chai2,

just can't

rewatching a clip of a friend of mine dancing with him on MuchMusic back in the day

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@ehBeth,

Love to put the top down to Little Red Corvette.

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https://www.facebook.com/ClassicFM/photos/a.433117119259.201606.6569469259/10154224068414260/?type=3&theater

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Oof, noooooo!

There was a report a day or two ago about him being ill, somehow I wasn't worried, didn't save the link.

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watching the clip with my friend reminded me what terrific female musicians Prince worked with - the bass guitarist, sax soloist, drummer in the clip I'm watching

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Such sad news. I was always a huge fan.

I always respected how he managed to keep his life fairly private despite his immense popularity.

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@tsarstepan,

Sad news. He made great music for decades. Prince first album was released in the late 1970s. I was mostly into his music from the late 1970s through all of the 1980s.

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I liked him also. Just watched Purple Rain movie the other day.

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@edgarblythe,

I admire his creativity and his spirit. It's truly a loss. I wasn't that aware of the number of musical hits (like Another Manic Monday for the Bangles) that he wrote for other singers. I knew that he was a producer.
May he RIP.

Musicians/ stars/celebs seem to be dropping like flies. I wonder what did him in? I read some recent news article had him having being at the hospital with the flu.

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@Ragman,

What a terrible loss, I loved his music videos. If his death was due to complications of the flu, that's a grim reminder of how deadly the flu actually is. What a shame, he was a giant talent and the world is a little less magical now that Prince has left us.

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@glitterbag,

He was a biggie. I was never one who "got it".My all time most hated song is "Manic Monday", which he wrote for the Bangles.
He was a place keeper for several decades of really shitty clothes, bad lighting ,CHICAGO, and fondue.
Still, sad to see him go .

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I remember when he had, and lost a child shorty after it was born. Very sad.

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@farmerman,

He wrote Nothing Compares to You farmer. That's a haunting song.

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It's so shocking to me that people close to my age - who have scads of money for the best healthcare in the world - die so intolerably young.

He was such a sexy little man. I loved what he could do with a song. I used to think Little Red Corvette was one of the sexiest songs I'd ever heard.

I did mock him a bit during his days as a guy with a symbol as his name, but I appreciated his extraordinary talent, and I'm sorry he's dead.

https://youtu.be/sEHCNMuX-64

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