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In Memory of
Prince Rogers Nelson
June 7, 1958 - April 21, 2016

Interment:
Cremated At First Memorial Western Chapel in Minneapolis, Minnesota

PRINCE

Prince Rogers Nelson

Princes body was quietly released back to his family shortly after 1pm on Friday after undergoing a four hour autopsy at the Minnesota medical examiner’s office in Ramsey. From there he was driven across Minneapolis to the First Memorial Western Chapel where, accompanied his sister Tyka, her son Prez and another member of the family, he was cremated.

Prince Rogers Nelson aka PRINCE was born on June 7, 1958 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He passed away suddenly on Thursday, April 21, 2016, in Minneapolis.


From Heavy.com

Prince was hospitalized on April 15, about a week before his death, after his jet made an emergency landing in Illinois, on the way back from two concerts in Atlanta, Georgia.

His plane made an unscheduled stop at Quad City International Airport in Moline, Illinois, at about 1 a.m., TMZ reported at the time. His representatives said Prince had been battling the flu and completed the trip home to Minnesota, about 40 minutes away, after a brief stay in the hospital.

The legendary pop singer had also cancelled two shows on April 7 in Atlanta, also citing the flu.

But TMZ is now reporting that it was a drug overdose that landed Prince in the hospital in Illinois on April 15, not the flu.

The legendary singers overdose was triggered by Percocet, an opiate painkiller, TMZ reports. He was given the prescription drug for hip pain, the site reports.

Sources shot to reverse the effects of an opiate overdose. Naloxone, sold under the brand name Narcan, is a life-saving drug that is used as an antidote for opiate overdoses.

Naloxone blocks or reverses the effects of opioid medication, including extreme drowsiness, slowed breathing, or loss of consciousness. An opioid is sometimes called a narcotic, according to Drugs.com. Naloxone is used to treat a narcotic overdose in an emergency situation. This medicine should not be used in place of emergency medical care for an overdose.

Associated Press writers Robin McDowell and Kevin Burbach in Minneapolis, Jim Salter in St. Louis, Jocelyn Noveck in New York, and Ravi Nessman and Jacob Jordan in Atlanta contributed to this report.


Prince talked dirty in song but had a reputation for clean living. He also had an ability to put on shows that were electrifying in their athleticism.
But after his death at age 57 after a series of canceled shows and a reported emergency plane landing for medical treatment questions swirled Friday over whether the music superstar had been hiding serious health problems from his fans.

An autopsy was conducted Friday and the body released to his family. Authorities said it could be weeks before the cause of death is released.

But Carver County Sheriff Jim Olson said Princes body had no signs of violence when he was found unresponsive Thursday morning in an elevator at Paisley Park, his estate in suburban Minneapolis, and there was nothing to suggest it was suicide. Olson said it appeared Prince had been at the compound alone.

This is certainly a big event internationally and nationally, and I can tell you that we are going to leave no stone unturned with this and make sure the public knows what happened, the sheriff said at a news conference.

Olson and a spokeswoman for the medical examiner refused to say whether any prescription drugs were taken from Princes home after his death, and they would not comment on a report by the celebrity website TMZ that the Purple Rain star had suffered an overdose of a powerful painkiller less than a week before he died.

The sheriff said Prince was last seen alive by an acquaintance who dropped him off at Paisley Park at 8 p.m. Wednesday. He was found by staff members who went to the compound the next morning when they couldnt reach him by phone.

Emergency crews who answered the 911 call in Chanhassen, about 20 miles outside Minneapolis, could not revive Prince, the sheriff said. He said emergency workers did not administer Narcan, a drug they carry to counteract overdoses.

Prince, born Prince Rogers Nelson, had spoken about struggling with childhood epilepsy, and friends said he had hip trouble. His former percussionist Sheila E. told The Associated Press that Prince suffered the effects from years of jumping off risers and speakers on stage while wearing high heels.

There was always something kind of bothering him, as it does all of us, she said. I hurt every single day. You know were like athletes, we train, and we get hurt all the time. We have so many injuries.

Princes cousin Chazz Smith said he could not comment on reports about Princes health and would not say when he last saw his cousin.

I can tell you this: What I know is that he was perfectly healthy, said Smith, who formed a band with Prince when they were kids.

Smith said Prince swore off drugs and alcohol as a kid, and the group they played with saw a lot of music greats fall, so we decided to never get into that stuff, and no one did.
TMZ, citing unidentified sources, reported that Prince was treated for an overdose of Percocet while traveling home from concerts in Atlanta last week. The site said his plane made an emergency landing April 15 in Moline, Illinois, where he was briefly hospitalized.
Asked whether Princes flight made such a landing at the Quad City Airport in Moline, public safety manager Jeff Patterson said Friday that a private Falcon 900 plane made a medical diversion landing at 1:17 a.m. that day. He said the plane requested an ambulance at the airport and a patient was taken to the hospital.
Patterson would not identify the patient or the planes owner, or provide the aircrafts tail number.

Representatives for Prince did not respond to requests from the AP for comment on the reports.

The singers death came two weeks after he canceled concerts in Atlanta, saying he wasnt feeling well. He then played a pair of makeup shows April 14 in that city, apologizing to the crowd shortly after coming on stage.

At one point early in his first show, he briefly disappeared from the stage without explanation. After about a minute he returned and apologized, saying he didnt realize how emotional the songs could be. He played the rest of the show without incident, repeatedly jumping up from the piano and pacing around the stage between songs, and performed three encores.

In the later show, Prince coughed a few times, though the show was again energetic.

Then came the reported emergency landing en route to Minnesota. The night after that, Prince hosted a dance party at Paisley Park, where some fans said he looked fine and seemed irked by reports of an illness. Wait a few days before you waste any prayers, he said.

By his high~energy standards, it was a subdued appearance. Prince didnt play except to tap out a few notes on a new purple Yamaha piano, and lingered only for a few minutes before disappearing.

Prince was slated to perform two surprise pop~up shows earlier this week at the Fox Theatre in St. Louis but canceled last week because of health concerns, promoter Steve Litman said.

Prince disclosed in a 2009 interview with Tavis Smiley that he was born an epileptic and had seizures when he was young. It was unclear if his epilepsy carried into adulthood.

In 2009, Prince, a Jehovahs Witness, told an interviewer with the Los Angeles Times that he didnt do drugs or Id give you a joint to share while they listened to music.

Heather McElhatton, who worked on and off as a set decorator for Princes video shoots at Paisley Park from 1988 to 1998, said she never saw him take drugs or drink during her time there.

But he did have a lot of energy. He could shoot for two days straight, McElhatton said. Was it natural energy? Was it augmented energy? I dont know. I never saw him eat.

Sheila E. said: Its just like being a football player and a basketball player. You know he really took care of himself. He ate well. He ate better than me.

She said she hadnt talked to him for at least six months but tried to reach him after reading reports that he needed emergency medical attention. She said the man who answered told her Prince was sleeping and would let him know she called.

He said he was good, she said.

At Friday afternoons news conference, the sheriff and Martha Weaver, spokeswoman for the Midwest Medical Examiners Office, portrayed Prince as a good citizen in the community, and expressed both their affection for him and their determination to do a thorough investigation.

For our generation, he was the songbook and the narrative for some of the greatest moments in our individual lives, much like Elvis Presley and Ira Gershwin before him, Weaver said. And this is something that we remember and we take very, very seriously.



Associated Press writers Robin McDowell and Kevin Burbach in Minneapolis, Jim Salter in St. Louis, Jocelyn Noveck in New York, and Ravi Nessman and Jacob Jordan in Atlanta contributed to this report.






From FindAGrave.com
Prince Rogers Nelson

Birth: Jun. 7, 1958
Minnesota
Death: Apr. 21, 2016
Minnesota


Prince Rogers Nelson was born on June 7, 1958 and passed away on April 21, 2016. He was known by name PRINCE. He was a singer, songwriter, multiinstrumentalist, record producer, and actor. He was widely regarded as the pioneer of Minneapolis sound. His music integrates a wide variety of styles, including funk, rock, R&B, soul, psychedelia, and pop.

Prince was born in Minneapolis and developed an interest in music as a young child. He released his debut album For You in 1978, under the guidance of manager Owen Husney. His 1979 album Prince went platinum due to the success of the singles Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad and I Wanna Be Your Lover. His n”continued his success, showcasing Princes trademark of prominently sexual lyrics and incorporation of elements of funk, dance, and rock music. In 1984, he began referring to his backup band as The Revolution and released Purple Rain, which served as the soundtrack to his film debut of the same name. A prolific songwriter, Prince in the 1980s wrote songs for and produced work by many other acts, often under pseudonyms.

After releasing the albums Around the World in a Day (1985) and Parade (1986), The Revolution disbanded and Prince released the double album Sign o the Times (1987) as a solo artist. He released three more solo albums before debuting The New Power Generation band in 1991. He changed his stage name in 1993 to an unpronounceable symbol Prince logo.svg, also known as the LOVE SYMBOL. He then began releasing new albums at a faster pace to remove himself from contractual obligations to Warner Brothers he released five records between 1994 and 1996 before signing with Arista Records in 1998. In 2000, he began referring to himself as PRINCE again. He released 15 albums after that; his final album, HITnRUN Phase Two, was first released exclusively on the Tidal streaming service on December 11, 2015.[1] On April 21, 2016, Prince died at his Paisley Park recording studio and home in Chanhassen, Minnesota, following two weeks of reported illness.[2] Borrowed from Wikipedia.



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PRINCE

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Prince Rogers Nelson aka PRINCE was born on June 7, 1958 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He passed away suddenly on Thursday, April 21, 2016, in Minneapolis.


From Heavy.com
Prince was hospitalized on April 15, about a week before his death, after his jet made an emergency landing in Illinois, on the way back from two concerts in Atlanta, Georgia.
His plane made an unscheduled stop at Quad City International Airport in Moline, Illinois, at about 1 a.m., TMZ reported at the time. His representatives said Prince had been battling the flu and completed the trip home to Minnesota, about 40 minutes away, after a brief stay in the hospital.
The legendary pop singer had also cancelled two shows on April 7 in Atlanta, also citing the flu. But TMZ is now reporting that it was a drug overdose that landed Prince in the hospital in Illinois on April 15, not the flu.

The legendary singer™s overdose was triggered by Percocet, an opiate painkiller, TMZ reports. He was given the prescription drug for hip pain, the site reports.

Sources tell TMZ that Prince was given what the site called a save shot to reverse the effects of an opiate overdose. Naloxone, sold under the brand name Narcan, is a life-saving drug that is used as an antidote for opiate overdoses.

Naloxone blocks or reverses the effects of opioid medication, including extreme drowsiness, slowed breathing, or loss of consciousness. An opioid is sometimes called a narcotic, according to Drugs.com. Naloxone is used to treat a narcotic overdose in an emergency situation. This medicine should not be used in place of emergency medical care for an overdose.



PRINCE ROGERS NELSON OBITUARY
6/7/1958 - 4/21/2016
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Prince Rogers Nelson, the musical superstar known better simply as Prince, died April 21. He was 57.

One of the best-selling musicians of all time, a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, Prince won seven Grammy awards, a Golden Globe, and an Academy Award. Songs including When Doves Cry, Raspberry Beret, and Kiss soared to popularity and became pop-culture staples, widely known by fans of all genres of music. His broad appeal was due in part to the eclectic combinations of styles he created as he made his music, melding rock and R&B, jazz and funk, hip-hop and disco in a highly listenable – and danceable.

Born June 7, 1958, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Prince was the son of musicians and was writing and performing music from his earliest years. By the time he was in high school, he and friends had formed the band Grand Central. His first recordings were with another band, 94 East, but by 1976, Prince had his own representation and soon was recording as a solo artist.

Princes rise to stardom began with his debut album, For You, with the lead single, Soft and Wet, making a moderately strong debut on R&B radio and cracking the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 92. A second, self-titled album went platinum and yielded two more popular singles, Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? and I Wanna Be Your Lover. Princes crossover potential was rising, as he made it to the top 20 of the Hot 100 and performed on American Bandstand in 1980.

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1982 and 83 saw a lead-up to Princes greatest fame, as he cracked the Top 10 with popular singles from his 1999 double album: The title track, Delirious, and Little Red Corvette were widely played on pop and soul radio, and the video for the latter single was one of the first by an African-American artist to reach heavy rotation on MTV.

If 1999 was popular, its follow-up, Purple Rain, was explosive. The 1984 album accompanied a movie of the same name, in which Prince starred in his film debut. The dual offering helped Prince virtually dominate the pop culture of the year, with the album sitting at the top of the charts for 24 weeks and yielding hit after hit. The movie won an Academy Award for best original song score and was both successful at the box office and an enduring favorite among fans of rock musicals.

Following the life of a young singer known as The Kid, the movie Purple Rain afforded plenty of space for great musical performances by Prince and others. Many of those songs were hit singles. The title track became one of Princes signature songs, widely played in concert for much of his career. When Doves Cry became Princes first No. 1 single. Lets Go Crazy also soared to the top of the charts, memorable for its preacherlike, spoken-word intro that led into a purely fun dance track. Take Me With U and I Would Die 4 U were also popular singles from the soundtrack.

As the wild popularity of Purple Rain brought Princes music into more homes than ever before, it also drew attention to his provocative lyrics. The sexually explicit song Darling Nikki, though not the first of its kind recorded by Prince, was perhaps his most notorious. Reportedly, it was this song that prompted Tipper Gore to found the Parents Music Resource Center – the committee that called for Parental Advisory stickers to be placed on albums with sexual, violent, or drug-related content – after hearing her preteen daughter listening to the song. Darling Nikki came to top the centers Filthy 15 list of songs they found most offensive, along with radio hits including Madonnas Dress You Up and Twisted Sisters Were Not Gonna Take It.

The centers condemnation of Prince ultimately had the opposite effect of what its founders intended – rather than hampering his career, it seemed to help shoot it into the stratosphere. He and his backing band, the Revolution, followed Purple Rain with Around the World in a Day, featuring enduring hit Raspberry Beret, and Parade, with the No. 1 single Kiss. In 1986, he starred in a second movie, Under the Cherry Moon, which he also directed.

As the late 1980s waned and the 1990s began, Prince continued to release popular albums and singles, including Sign o the Times and Batdance. He also continued developing a persona that would become as well-known as his music. Beginning with his early 1980s recordings, Prince offered a flamboyant yet reserved face to the world. Dressing wildly and spelling song and album titles in his own unique shorthand, he kept fans equally intrigued and confused as he both courted and shunned the spotlight, a superstar who was an extrovert onstage but shy in person.

Prince fanned the flames around his persona when, in 1993, he announced that he would no longer be called Prince, changing his name to an unpronounceable symbol in a reaction to what he called slavelike treatment by his record label, Warner Bros. His statement on the matter included the explanation, The first step I have taken toward the ultimate goal of emancipation from the chains that bind me to Warner Bros. was to change my name from Prince to the Love Symbol. Prince is the name that my mother gave me at birth. Warner Bros. took the name, trademarked it, and used it as the main marketing tool to promote all of the music that I wrote. The company owns the name Prince and all related music marketed under Prince. I became merely a pawn used to produce more money for Warner Bros.

When circumstances dictated that people had to call him something they could pronounce, he agreed to be called The Artist Formerly Known as Prince, but Warner Bros. helped print-media outlets by mailing them floppy disks with a custom font, including the moniker that became known as Love Symbol No. 2. Princes popular singles during this in period included The Most Beautiful Girl in the World and I Hate U. He maintained his used of the Love Symbol as his moniker until 2000, when he announced that with the expiration of his contract with Warner Bros., he would readopt the name Prince.

Prince had seen his last No. 1 single in 1989 with Batdance, but his status as a pop icon only increased despite his waning popularity on the charts, and he continued to record prolifically throughout his life. He leaves behind a legacy including dozens of studio albums as well as live recordings and movies. Also important to his legacy is the work he did to encourage the careers of other artists, particularly the female protges with whom he was both romantically and musically linked, including Sheila Escovedo, Apollonia Kotero, and Denise Vanity Matthews. He also wrote songs made famous by other artists, including the Bangles Manic Monday and Sinead OConnors Nothing Compares 2 U.

Princes death came as a great shock to fans and colleagues, coming at a relatively young age and with little warning. A week before his death, news broke that a plane on which he was traveling landed briefly in Illinois, where he received medical treatment for the flu at a hospital and was released after a short time. But there was no other indication of a severe illness until news broke Thursday morning of a death at his Paisley Park estate near Minneapolis. Soon after that initial news, it was confirmed that it was Prince himself who died, though the cause of death is not yet clear.

Prince was immediately and widely mourned on social media, with expressions of disbelief sharing space with memories of his unforgettable music and personality. Lenny Kravitz posted an early photo of Prince on Instagram, commenting, My musical brother... My friend... The one who showed me the possibilities within myself, changed everything, and kept his integrity until the end, is gone. I am heartbroken. Spike Lee offered Instagram a photo of himself along with the musician, captioned, I Miss My Brother. Prince Was A Funny Cat. Great Sense Of Humor. Justin Timberlake tweeted, Numb. Stunned. This cant be real. Whoopi Goldberg was among several who declared, quoting Princes 1984 hit, This is what it sounds like when doves cry.

Prince was married twice, with both relationships ending in divorce. His one child, Boy Gregory, was born in 1996 with Pfeiffer syndrome, a rare genetic disorder, and died a week after his birth. Prince is survived by several brothers and sisters.

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