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You have all heard that Prince is dead. TMZ broke the story at 10am this morning, but I didn’t learn of his passing until noon. I just couldn’t believe it.
There were signs of illness last Friday when Prince had to make an emergency landing in Moline, Illinois, and taken to the hospital. He downplayed his illness by appearing on stage at Paisley Park’s dance party on Saturday... ensuring fans that he was well. He is quoted as saying, “Wait a few days before you waste any prayers.”
Today has been pretty insane. It rained all day, as if the sky was weeping purple tears. There are also no shortage of tributes to Prince. Everywhere I went (especially in Minneapolis), there were digital billboards showing purple, website turning icons to purple, radio stations playing Prince all day, and, especially in Minneapolis, there will be an all-night Prince block party by First Avenue.
Also, not to overshadow other celebrities’ passing, but WWE’s Chyna and Negativland founder Richard Lyons (aka Pastor Dick) both died this week.
Lyons lost his battle with cancer on April 19th. To this day, I still have that rare U2 single that Negativland released (read all about it here).
The band defended their music as fair use (and I feel they are in the right), but record label Island Records (and Casey Kasem) would disagreed... so it is actually pretty hard to come by the original CD single.
Below are more deaths for the month of April - for the full death list: Musicians who died in 2016.
April (19)
[21 Apr 2016] Prince, 57, not known
[20 Apr 2016] Victoria Wood, 62, cancer
[19 Apr 2016] Richard Lyons (Negativland), 57, cancer
[19 Apr 2016] Pete Zorn (Richard Thompson), 65, cancer
[18 Apr 2016] Brian Asawa, 49, not given
[16 Apr 2016] Ismael Quintanaa, 78, not given
[16 Apr 2016] Peter Rock, 70, serious illness
[13 Apr 2016] Gib Guilbeau (Flying Burrito Brothers), 78, not known
[07 Apr 2016] Jade Lemons (Injected), ?, drug overdose
[07 Apr 2016] Jimmie Van Zant, 59, unknown
[06 Apr 2016] Dennis Davis (David Bowie), 64, cancer
[06 Apr 2016] Merle Haggard, 79, pneumonia
[06 Apr 2016] Leon Haywood, 74, unknown
[04 Apr 2016] Irma Bule, 29, cobra bite
[04 Apr 2016] Getatchew Mekurya (the Ex), 81, not known
[03 Apr 2016] Jeff McLaren (Flat Out Refusal), 19, murder
[03 Apr 2016] Bill Henderson, 90, natural causes
[03 Apr 2016] Lola Novaković, 81, not known
[02 Apr 2016] Gato Barbieri, 83, pneumonia
There were signs of illness last Friday when Prince had to make an emergency landing in Moline, Illinois, and taken to the hospital. He downplayed his illness by appearing on stage at Paisley Park’s dance party on Saturday... ensuring fans that he was well. He is quoted as saying, “Wait a few days before you waste any prayers.”
Today has been pretty insane. It rained all day, as if the sky was weeping purple tears. There are also no shortage of tributes to Prince. Everywhere I went (especially in Minneapolis), there were digital billboards showing purple, website turning icons to purple, radio stations playing Prince all day, and, especially in Minneapolis, there will be an all-night Prince block party by First Avenue.
Also, not to overshadow other celebrities’ passing, but WWE’s Chyna and Negativland founder Richard Lyons (aka Pastor Dick) both died this week.
Lyons lost his battle with cancer on April 19th. To this day, I still have that rare U2 single that Negativland released (read all about it here).
The band defended their music as fair use (and I feel they are in the right), but record label Island Records (and Casey Kasem) would disagreed... so it is actually pretty hard to come by the original CD single.
Below are more deaths for the month of April - for the full death list: Musicians who died in 2016.
April (19)
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