…and now Prince…

[CharlieB]

RIP.
Not much on this story as yet.
What on earth's going on this year?

 

[Puddles]

Noooooooooooo

 

[Markymark]

Goodness.

 

[AndyRM]

RIP.
Not much on this story as yet.
What on earth's going on this year?

Old and not so old people are dying. Which is unfortunate, but not unexpected.

The number of "icons" does feel higher than usual.

 

[Glow worm]

Wow, awful news. So young too.

 

[Fnaar]

 

[dan_bo]

Dafuq?

 

[DaveReading]

I guess that calling yourself "the artist formerly known as Prince" was rather tempting Providence ...

 

[TVC]

WTF is happening?

Not a fan, but I appreciate his talent. Sad.

 

[further]

A great loss to music

 

[Deleted member 40597]

Eric Clapton described him as the greatest guitarist he had ever heard. Huge loss to the music world IMHO.

 

[Incontinentia Buttocks]

Bloody awful news. RIP.

 

[ufkacbln]

I guess that calling yourself "the artist formerly known as Prince" was rather tempting Providence ...

Is he now the Deceased who was formerly the artist formerly known as Prince

 

[Lullabelle]

 

[Fab Foodie]

Old and not so old people are dying. Which is unfortunate, but not unexpected.

The number of "icons" does feel higher than usual.

There's a reason for that if you think about celebrity/fame .... pre-1950 we really only had Hollywood and a few Radio stars, writers and composers, however, with the explosion in Pop music and TV since the 50s we now have an increasing number of starts apparently popping off.