Music world in mourning over death of Prince

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Alexis Ponce, Reporter

Prince, the mercurial funk/rock/dance musician who was famous the world over, and who was only 57 years old, passed away on Thursday morning, April 21, at his Paisley Park recording studio in his hometown of Chanhassan, a suburb of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Carver County Sheriff Chief Deputy Jason Kamerud responded to Paisley Park at 9:43 a.m. on the report of a medical situation. When the medical personnel and deputies arrived, tragedy struck as they found Prince in an elevator unresponsive. Even when trying to use CPR, they were still unable to revive him. That’s when he was pronounced dead at 10:07 a.m.

The Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office received Prince body. An autopsy was performed the next day. Once the autopsy was done his body was released back to his family.

An unidentified male phoned 911 saying he was at Prince’s house and Prince was there dead. The caller struggled trying to figured out the address. Prince’s representatives say that Prince had been recovering from a flu, and he already had to cancel two shows due to the flu in early April. At press time a cause of death is still unknown.

An dance party event was held by the rocker at Paisley Park on the Saturday before his death. He was also at a Dakota Jazz club which was on Tuesday to watch Lizz Wright perform. Prince had joked with the crowd saying he has been feeling under the weather. While he talked his voice has sounded weak but as he was singing he sounded fine, reports indicated. Prince mostly sat at his piano most of the show, but a few times he would walk around his piano, soaking up cheers.

The people who were close to Prince claim the Prince had struggled with painkiller use due to a hip and ankle issue. This wasn’t really unusual for Prince to cancel the show. Prince’s ankle and hip issue really bothered him for someone who really liked to dance.

Jeremiah Freed, who got to know Prince after writing about him, was shocked to see Prince hosting this party to show everyone that he was fine. When Freed tried talking to Prince, it seemed like he wasn’t pleased. Everyone who knew Prince could see that he wasn’t feeling well.

While his death brings many questions, what is not debated is the enormous talent Prince had and how he will be greatly missed by his fans.