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Even my wife is taking it hard , she was a huge Prince fan
Even my wife is taking it hard , she was a huge Prince fan
Just in case you guys never knew bout Prince's B-Ball skills. Listen and watch Eddie Murphy's brother Charlie tell you this legendary tale....
10 Songs You Didn’t Know Were Written by Prince
http://www.news.com.au/entertainmen...e/news-story/288224c4fde3e734741276bf03f596c1
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/23/arts/music/prince-death-final-days.html
Clues to the Mystery of Prince’s Final Days
By JOHN ELIGON and SERGE F. KOVALESKI
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A fence outside Prince’s home in a Minneapolis suburb has become the canvas for a purple-tinged memorial.CreditRenee Jones Schneider/Star Tribune, via Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS — The 1988 Dassault Falcon 900 was about an hour into its flight from Atlanta in the wee hours of Friday, April 15, when the pilot made a distress call to air traffic controllers in Chicago.
There was a medical emergency on board. A male passenger was unresponsive.
And so the Chicago airport officials diverted the flight for an emergency landing in Moline, Ill., just 48 minutes from its intended destination of Minneapolis.
As it turned out, the flight was carrying the musical genius Prince, who, a week later, would be found dead, collapsed in an elevator on the first floor of his suburban Minneapolis compound.
“We had an emergency unscheduled landing at 1:35 a.m. on April 15 for a medical emergency for an unresponsive person,” said Jo Johnson, the human resource manager for Quad Cities International Airport in Moline.
It remains unclear what caused Prince, 57, to become unresponsive on the flight last week. His publicist has attributed the crisis to the fact that the entertainer was “fighting the flu.”
But officials investigating Prince’s sudden death said Friday that the plane’s emergency landing, and what caused it, would be part of their sweeping inquiry.
Prince spent only a few hours at a Moline hospital before his private jet flew home here, and the entertainer resumed life at his compound in nearby Carver County. Just days before his death, he attended a show at a local jazz club, and playfully showed off his new piano and guitar at a party at his studio.
As law enforcement officials await the complete results of an autopsy performed Friday, they said they would be reviewing local pharmaceutical records as part of a broad effort to understand Prince’s full medical history. They declined to comment on reports that Prince had been taking pain medication, saying the investigation was continuing.
“This is a tragedy for all of us,” said Jim Olson, the sheriff of Carver County, where Prince’s estate, Paisley Park, was located in the town of Chanhassen. “To you, Prince Rogers Nelson was a celebrity. To us, he was a community member and a good neighbor.”
Prince was last seen alive at about 8 p.m. on Wednesday evening when someone dropped him off at his estate, where he lived alone, Sheriff Olson said during the afternoon news conference.
Unable to make contact with Prince on Thursday morning, Paisley Park staff members went looking for him in the sprawling compound. They found him unresponsive in an elevator and called 911 at 9:43 a.m., Sheriff Olson said.
“The person is dead here,” a male caller told the dispatcher, according to a transcript of the 911 call. Later, the caller added, “And the people are just distraught.”
Medics responding to the home could not resuscitate Prince, who was pronounced dead at 10:07 a.m. Thursday, Sheriff Olson said. He was not sure, he said, how long Prince, dressed in a shirt and pants, had been collapsed in the elevator.
There were no obvious signs of injuries, and Sheriff Olson said the death was not believed to be a murder or a suicide. Officials said the body had been released to Prince’s family but that it may be weeks before any details from the autopsy are released. Before that, further tests need to be completed and the medical history must be compiled.
There remain many questions around Prince’s health. Sheila E, a friend who collaborated with Prince, said during an interview with ABC’s “Good Morning America” that the star did have hip problems from his performances onstage. He has said in interviews that he struggled with epilepsy as a child.
The mystery of the end of Prince’s life has left his vast legion of supporters measuring their shock.
As they wait for answers, fans around the world grieved and celebrated his life with the frenetic energy with which Prince lived it — with dance parties and widespread tributes, from social media posts to impromptu Broadway performances.
Here in his hometown, the famed First Avenue dance club held a free overnight dance party from Thursday into Friday, with more scheduled through the weekend. Makeshift memorials popped up outside of the club and in front of Paisley Park.
Billboards encouraged residents to wear purple, a major bridge was lit in the color and a purple orchid with a note that read “Rest In Peace Prince” lay on the four-seat table of the intimate Dakota Jazz Club where Prince sat when he attended a show there on Tuesday.
“It’s a very somber moment here, but his legacy will live on,” Kinneva Brown said as she visited Paisley Park on Friday.
Those who knew him and saw him in his final days said the master showman betrayed no sign that he was near death.
With his Afro picked out, Prince hopped on stage before about 300 revelers last Saturday — the night after his emergency landing in Moline — at one of the pop-up parties he was famous for throwing at Paisley Park. He banged out a quick performance of “Chopsticks” on his new purple piano, Scott Lawrence, who was in attendance with his son, said.
He then broke out a new purple-and-gold Gus Guitar, placing it on the piano and then moving away.
“It’s too cool to open up,” Prince joked, according to Mr. Lawrence.
But the cross-genre star also offered a few accidentally prescient words, Mr. Lawrence recalled.
“Wait a few days before you waste your prayers,” he told the crowd, referring to reports of his medical emergency from the previous day.
Close followers of Prince find it hard to believe that anything sinister could have played into his death. He was a Jehovah’s Witness and obsessively healthy eater. You couldn’t drink, smoke or even curse at his Paisley parties.
“Better eat your cheeseburger before you get to Paisley,” Van Jones, a political commentator and activist who was a friend of Prince’s, said he used to think before visiting Prince.
Last Saturday, Prince stopped by Electric Fetus, a Minneapolis record store, and bought about half a dozen CDs, said Bob Fuchs, the retail manager. Prince had been coming to the store for 30 years, Mr. Fuchs said, and nothing on this visit seemed out of the ordinary.
“Thanks for your support,” Mr. Fuchs recalled telling Prince, referring to something the musician had been helping the store with. “He smiled and said ‘Hello’ and ‘You’re welcome.’”
“He looked very alert and well dressed,” Mr. Fuchs added. “He seemed the same old. I did not think anything about the way he looked. Nothing suggested to me anything different.”
Lori Rotenberk and Dirk Johnson contributed reporting from Moline, Ill.; Christina Capecchi and Sheila Eldred from Minnesota and Susanne Craig and Jeremy B. Merrill from New York.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/princes-entourage-questioned-over-alleged-7814142
Prince's entourage to be questioned over alleged overdose on painkillers during flight
BY ASHLEIGH RAINBIRD , CHRISTOPHER BUCKTIN
Everyone aboard the flight on which Prince allegedly suffered an overdose of painkillers days before his death is to be quizzed by police.
Investigators said they want to speak to the singer’s friends, staff and flight crew – as it was claimed he had needed emergency treatment for the same drug used by fierce rival Michael Jackson.
Sources say the 57-year-old took so many Percocet painkillers shortly after performing in Atlanta eight days ago that his condition became critical.
And his team were so fearful for his safety they diverted the Gulfstream jet to Moline, Illinois to get urgent medical attention – despite being only 48 minutes from his home.
At the hospital the pop superstar was reportedly administered a “save shot” normally given in dire circumstances to overdose victims.
Doctors advised Prince would need to be monitored for 24 hours – but when his management failed to secure him a private room they discharged him.
When he left the hospital after just three hours he was described as “not doing well”.
Yet the 5ft 2 inch singer made an appearance at a party in Minnesota the next day, assuring worried fans they should “wait a few days before you waste any prayers”.
A police source said: “We understand Prince suffered chronic pain after developing a hip problem. Naturally he took painkillers to ease his troubles but police are looking into if he was prescribed too many.
“We have seen in the case of Jackson how people can acquire large quantities of drugs when really they should be monitored.”
The autopsy on Prince was completed on Friday and his body was due to be released that night to his family. Results are likely not to be available for some weeks as medics await the outcome of tests.
Percocet contains oxycodone, associated for 30 years with high levels of drug abuse. That is a key component of Oxycontin – one of the drugs most abused by Jackson.
Known as “hillybilly heroin”, it is widely sold illegally.
When police searched Jackson’s home in Holmby Hills, Los Angeles after his death, they found massive quantities of opioid-based medication, including Percocet.
Doctors warn the drug is highly addictive and should not be taken in large quantities.
Throughout their careers Prince and Jackson endured a bitter rivalry, feuding for many years.
When the Purple Rain singer pulled out of charity song We Are The World, it was claimed to be because he did not want to appear alongside the King of Pop.
Reports in the US say Prince’s staff did tell medics he had taken the painkillers. Police do not suspect any of the pop star’s entourage of wrongdoing.
Details of the alleged overdose came as photos emerged of him leaving a Walgreens pharmacy the evening before his death.
The music icon was reportedly seen at around 7pm on Wednesday – his fourth visit to the chemist in a week.
He was described as looking “frail and nervous” and “not his usual self”. Less than 15 hours later he was found unconscious in a lift at his Paisley Park estate.
Paramedics were called to the property at 9.43am on Thursday after receiving a frantic 911 from inside.
The caller is said to have told the emergency dispatcher the people inside the house were “distraught” before giving the address as 7801 Paisley Park, adding: “Yes, it’s Prince.”
On Friday thousands of fans continued to arrive at his home to pay their respects. Many left purple flowers, while others wrote messages of love on huge posters tied to the fence.
Brian Keogh, 49, who attended more than 20 concerts inside Paisley Park, said Prince’s loss was “immeasurable”.
He said: “It is a very, very dark day. He was the ultimate performer. I’d receive an email on a Friday about the concerts, then hours later he was right in front of us doing what he did best – entertain.”
Thousands of fans also gathered at the First Avenue club in Minneapolis, where Prince recorded the film version of Purple Rain, while others held vigils across the US, including in Los Angeles and New York.
Dimitri Whitman Sr, who attended Prince’s last Paisley Park gig on Friday, said the star had been in “good, playful spirits”. He said: “I asked how he was feeling. He said fine. My lasting memory will be his smile. He was just so happy.
“He wanted everyone to know he was alive and well. He smiled, he joked and showed off his new guitar.”
And he revealed Prince had played party guests a 30-minute recording of his final gig in Atlanta. Dimitri added: “He said it was to be released as an album. I’m sure that’s up in the air now.”
He said of Prince’s final party night: “He was just partying with his assistant. Some dance parties turn into jumps, others stay as dance parties.
“You may or may not see him walking around. If you do, he’ll normally smile – or even stop for a brief conversation.”
I never was a Fan, BUT, My wife pointed out to me he wrote a lot of "Big" hit songs for a lot of "BIG Stars!" using Names other than his own!Great.... I bet that graveyard / high school year book for old people, I mean Facebook is blowing up with this news
Not broken up about this at all - never a fan
I mean have you guys seem Graffiti Bridge? What about Under the Cherry Moon?
Enough said
Also enjoyed Morris Day and The Time in the Purple Rain movie.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2FPQvwhSDY
I saw him standing there in that trench coat and briefs
Damn
Painkillers
I'm priviliged to have some inside information from a friend who is a Moog expert and was good friends with Keith Emerson and I know I can share this with you cause none of those guys are Ram fans - but Keith Emerson suffered from depression and the pills he took when mixed with alchohol can cause you to be suicidal, and that's what he and the family believe happened to him. He took his meds and drank and drank then killed himself
Now not a fan of Prince I'm a huge fan of ELP
Painkillers f'ing suck
Also enjoyed Morris Day and The Time in the Purple Rain movie.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2FPQvwhSDY
Just sad.
Cant say more than that