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Can't add the picture but this is a beautiful photo. Love the little crinkle in his nose as he smiles <3 Miss him so much

https://www.instagram.com/p/BEmSDfznAZh/?taken-by=andyallo

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I grabbed it for ya. Such a nice pic.

What can I add at this point, except to say that I'm devastated as everyone is. Thank you Ben for your words on the home page and for all your work on the org. I've checked the site daily (multiple times!) for years and years and will continue to do so.

Im heartbroken. No words

kalelvisj said:

We will all survive this pain, because while grief is the pain of love, it IS love and love sustains.

Wow, this is beautiful. Thank you.

I said to a friend earlier today - I'm resigned to bearing the pain of this loss forever. A Prince pain is a pain worth having. It means I was able to love this way and it means I am able to STILL feel and STILL love this way. So I'm moving toward gratefulness for this grief...still crying though randomly...

have a hard time watching and listening though. Instant blubbering.

In the words of another Minneapolis band, I'm "hardly getting over it".

I'm still in shock; it still feels surreal. I walk the streets around my neighborhood, and I hear people blasting the hits out of their car speakers, and it warms my heart a bit. I get home and spin all the albums I don't feel I paid enough attention to along this brilliant career, and it feels a bit more personable and comfortable.

But I feel like I'm in a daze, like I'm not getting the finality of this.

"with love there is not death"

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The Org was one of the first places where it began for me - so thankful for the lessons I learned here and beyond.

Beyond grief and to a place where sadness only makes sense in response to this news. Words are still fragile, but I tried to in this video.

https://www.facebook.com/Jesse7Complete/posts/10154050251925761

There is seven stages of grief durig mourning:

Denial/Shock

Pain

Anger

Depression/loneliness

Upward turn/Starting over

Reconstruction

Hope/acceptance

We're not equal when it comes to going through this, some can even skip some stages. Keeping it kind is the key.

terrig said:

kalelvisj said:

We will all survive this pain, because while grief is the pain of love, it IS love and love sustains.

Wow, this is beautiful. Thank you.

I said to a friend earlier today - I'm resigned to bearing the pain of this loss forever. A Prince pain is a pain worth having. It means I was able to love this way and it means I am able to STILL feel and STILL love this way. So I'm moving toward gratefulness for this grief...still crying though randomly...

have a hard time watching and listening though. Instant blubbering.

i feel you on this. over the past day I have made an effort to tell people close to me how thankful i am for them. i am at a stage now where it is really sinking in, and as heartbroken as i am i can only thank Prince, and because of what im feeling, i feel that i need to let everyone close to me know how much they truly mean to me.

It amazes me how a lot of people had no issues logging into this site from last Thursday through the weekend when others like myself kept getting "timed out"....Anyways.....I work nights and whenever I fall asleep during the day i usually keep the channel on MSNBC...Last Thursday something woke me up around 3pm and I could not believe Anchor Brian Williams was talking about the Death of Prince...Like most people I thought somebody got it wrong...I'm 39 and I grew up in the 80's & 90's Listening & Loving Prince, Whitney, Michael & Natalie...The Best of the Best when it comes to Raw Talent...I Loved watching Prince during his rare Interviews...He always had the interveiwer in the palm of his hand...He was brilliant, funny, witty and profound all rolled into one..The funny thing about Prince is you could tell how he felt about something by the expression on his face...LOL...He did not fake the Funk....Prince was all of that and he had the nerve to be a Beautiful Black Man..It does not matter whether you are Straight, Gay or whatever you had no choice but to notice that Brotha's beautiful Face...Prince was the Truth, a Lover of Humanity, a Musical genius and a Brotha for the Ages......My favorite Prince classic is the Soulful Masterpiece Adore, each verse leaving you on the edge of your seat....

Four days after and i still cry ...... i can`t believe that you left us

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkOxeKA2WNE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6KUTL0PXl0

I wish U heaven,my PRINCE !!!.

Just downloaded the final concert. Not sure I can listen to it just yet though. Maybe when I get home later and the kids are in bed.

VERDEANGELO said:

Four days after and i still cry ...... i can`t believe that you left us

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkOxeKA2WNE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6KUTL0PXl0

I wish U heaven,my PRINCE !!!.

is it me or did the room just get darker.... is it me or did i just lay down and die....P

I called in sick today. This is all too surreal and I still can't accept that this is the truth. Like everyone else I am in utter disbelief and trying to relive his greatness through his music and performances. I stayed in my room all Sunday watching Much Music marathon all his videos.

I feel like I took him for granted these past few years even skipping out on his Toronto shows a month ago. If only I knew. If I learned anything it's that we have to live each day appreciating the things and people we love and not sweat the small things.
Now Prince is gone and I feel paralyzed and regreful for not appreciating him more when he was alive.

BillS said:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3555292/Prince-s-former-drug-dealer-reveals-extent-addiction.html

I really hope this isn't true.

And it's The Daily Mail

So that's a pretty safe bet

But still, it's got me a bit worried

Thank you to all of you behind this website. I don't post very often but It was the first place I came when I heard the sad sad news.

I know how much Prince means to all of us and I'm so grateful I saw him live.

In 2014 I was broke cos I was saving to get married in September but when Prince announced gigs in the UK I knew I had to go. Somehow I got a ticket and booked my flight and hotel room.

I was so nervous about going to the show on my own but it didn't matter I had a great time.

I am so grateful that I lived during Prince's lifetime and that we have footage of interviews and performace so the music will live on.

I'm sending you all my love and big hugs.

https://www.youtube.com/w...qanNlzgwz4

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Chancellor said:

It amazes me how a lot of people had no issues logging into this site from last Thursday through the weekend when others like myself kept getting "timed out"....Anyways.....I work nights and whenever I fall asleep during the day i usually keep the channel on MSNBC...Last Thursday something woke me up around 3pm and I could not believe Anchor Brian Williams was talking about the Death of Prince...Like most people I thought somebody got it wrong...I'm 39 and I grew up in the 80's & 90's Listening & Loving Prince, Whitney, Michael & Natalie...The Best of the Best when it comes to Raw Talent...I Loved watching Prince during his rare Interviews...He always had the interveiwer in the palm of his hand...He was brilliant, funny, witty and profound all rolled into one..The funny thing about Prince is you could tell how he felt about something by the expression on his face...LOL...He did not fake the Funk....Prince was all of that and he had the nerve to be a Beautiful Black Man..It does not matter whether you are Straight, Gay or whatever you had no choice but to notice that Brotha's beautiful Face...Prince was the Truth, a Lover of Humanity, a Musical genius and a Brotha for the Ages......My favorite Prince classic is the Soulful Masterpiece Adore, each verse leaving you on the edge of your seat....

I know how you feel. I was driving and turned on the radio when I heard an old Prince song being played. I thought, "Oh, cool. They're going old school today and playing some REAL music." Then another one of Prince's old hits was played, and I thought, "Oh, jeez. Something must be wrong because when a musician's music is highlighted, something terrible has happened." Next thing I heard Donnie Simpson say, "We're celebrating the memory of Prince." OH NOOOOO! I had to pull over. I was sobbing so much. I got myself together so I could get home and turn on the TV news to find out what happened. I also tried to log on here, but the site had been shut down temporarily.

Like you, Adore was one of my favorites, too. I remember hearing it while I was in the grocery store and almost grabbed the stock boy to slow jam, and I'm an old broad.

I think about him constantly. I will miss him terribly. It feels like I've lost a member of my family. All my friends called me to console me. They knew he was "my baby" but also MY MAN.

nursev said:

Identity said:

Growing Up With Prince: Children of Star's Longtime Bodyguard Open Up About His Very Private Life

April 24, 2016
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The children of Prince's longtime bodyguard are opening up to PEOPLE about how the private star became part of their family.

After moving to Minnesota in 1982 so that Charles 'Big Chick' Huntsberry could be closer to Prince for work, Huntsberry's children (he and wife Linda had five daughters and a son) grew close to the 7-time Grammy winner.

"The fact that he died alone is horrible," daughter Brigitte Huntsberry tells PEOPLE. "We still can't believe it. It seems like a nightmare. It's heartbreaking and we are all so upset. He was and is a huge part of our lives, he was truly our brother."

As children, Prince spent a lot of time with the family and would come to Fourth of July cookouts at the Huntsberry's home, where he played volleyball in his signature high heels. "A lot of times at school [Prince and our dad] would pick us up in his tour bus or limo," recalls eldest daughter Tina Khan, who was one of Prince's personal assistant in the 80's.

"He would step out and be like 'I'm picking my girls up.' " For their birthdays, Prince would always get them a dozen roses and candy. "He had the biggest sweet tooth ever," recalls Huntsberry's son Chuck.

Chuck tells PEOPLE he still owns the singer's first motorcycle, "Dad taught him how to ride it." And Prince was a big fan of his bodyguard's wife's home cooking. "He loved mom's spaghetti and meatballs and the chocolate chip cake was a big one," says daughter Rebecca. "He'd call and say 'Linda can you make me a chocolate chip cake?' And she would say, 'Well sure, honey.'"

Huntsberry's children were also some of the very first to hear his greatest hits. "He would test out songs for us when we were teenagers and let us listen before they were released," says Rebecca.

"We listened to Purple Rain while it was still being worked on and written. We thought it was so magical. I still remember listening to it for the first time and just thinking that I was listening to a piece of art come to life."

adorable....love that these stories are coming out now.

How blessed they were and are to have shared such special times with Prince and have those memories to hold on to. Most fams would give their eye teeth just to have spent one hour with him personally, but for them to have shared part of their very lives is just magical.

In another strange coincidence this thread's title is named after his song that we're all associating with his passing because of the month mentioned and the theme of the lyrics. Looking at www.princevault.com we see this: Initial tracking of Sometimes It Snows In April took place on 21 April 1985

Recorded on the same date, 31 years earlier.

When snow literally takes the way 2 tell u about snowing in april

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currently here in Montengro.

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cb70 said:

In another strange coincidence this thread's title is named after his song that we're all associating with his passing because of the month mentioned and the theme of the lyrics. Looking at www.princevault.com we see this: Initial tracking of Sometimes It Snows In April took place on 21 April 1985

Recorded on the same date, 31 years earlier.

31 (years ago) 21 (April). 3121. I guess there's deeper "meaning" to anything if you look hard enough.

I was also thinking about the circular aspects of his life now that he's gone. How he started playing music on the piano, as a child, and how he had gone back to the piano before he passed.

The way he looked when he started his career, and all of the changes we've seen since then, to return to the look he had in the beginning.