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Thread started 05/15/16 6:12am

ecnirp0421

If Prince owned a cell phone

I often wonder if Prince just own a cellphone, could his life been saved? I'm license in 1st aid & cpr/aed. I don't know what happened but those crucial seconds count. The touch of 1 button could dial 911 and his address information would automatically appear to the emergency respondents. "I don't know".
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Reply #1 posted 05/15/16 6:24am

KaresB

ecnirp0421 said:

I often wonder if Prince just own a cellphone, could his life been saved? I'm license in 1st aid & cpr/aed. I don't know what happened but those crucial seconds count. The touch of 1 button could dial 911 and his address information would automatically appear to the emergency respondents. "I don't know".

I can't believe he didn't own one. Yes I know he said he didn't but he has said a lot of things in interviews just to try to say something unexpected, like when he stated he couldn't drive - and then he laughed and admitted that wasn't true.

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Reply #2 posted 05/15/16 1:13pm

nursev

He had an iPad...sure he owned a phone. Just didn't have it with him or it happened to quickly.
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Reply #3 posted 05/15/16 1:14pm

SoulAlive

These days,cellphones can be a lifesaver.How do we know that he didn't have one?

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Reply #4 posted 05/15/16 1:15pm

nursev

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These days,cellphones can be a lifesaver.How do we know that he didn't have one?



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Reply #5 posted 05/15/16 1:22pm

nursev

What would Prince say if we could've called him just on a regular ole day n chatted? falloff
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Reply #6 posted 05/15/16 1:29pm

Adore4ever

Alot of ppl were speaking with him somehow...i believe he had one but maybe not on him at the crucial moment. Perhaps he was in elevator trying to get to it 😢
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Reply #7 posted 05/15/16 1:32pm

nursev

Adore4ever said:

Alot of ppl were speaking with him somehow...i believe he had one but maybe not on him at the crucial moment. Perhaps he was in elevator trying to get to it 😢


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Reply #8 posted 05/15/16 2:04pm

Junglehop

Well Prince certainly had a cellphone when in Melbourne, Australia just 3 months ago in Feb 2016. He was spotted using an iPhone at the afterparty - in fact, the DJ at the afterparty told a story in an interview how Prince's minder/bodguard approached him mid set and said "Prince wants to know the name of this track" - it was some obscure 70s funk jam which escapes me now - and the DJ watched the bodguard relay the message back to Prince and then Prince smiled and gave the DJ a nod of approval and then whipped out his iPhone and appeared to be making a note of the track for himself.
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Reply #9 posted 05/15/16 2:06pm

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Yes what really drives me nuts is why didn't he call 911 if he was feeling so bad? What is shame or concern that the call would be played on TMZ at some point? Please Prince, I hope you didn't die because of that.

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It's not like he just collapsed in the studio. He was in the elevator, which makes me think he was trying to leave and get help but why didn't he just call 911..or call Kirk or his assitant or anyone??? I just don't get it.

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Reply #10 posted 05/15/16 3:29pm

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FunkiestOne said:

Yes what really drives me nuts is why didn't he call 911 if he was feeling so bad? What is shame or concern that the call would be played on TMZ at some point? Please Prince, I hope you didn't die because of that.


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It's not like he just collapsed in the studio. He was in the elevator, which makes me think he was trying to leave and get help but why didn't he just call 911..or call Kirk or his assitant or anyone??? I just don't get it.



that bothers me, too. but we don't know the layout of pp...maybe he knew there was a phone right by the el on the next level.....or maybe he was trying to get to his car...911 would have been way quicker, but when people panic they are not always thinking right. or, it could have been too sudden to do anything. thats why i hope there is enough footage to determine that. and then they can destroy it.
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Reply #11 posted 05/15/16 4:15pm

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The fact is that if whatever the cause of death was, it's possible it WAS that fast - even if Prince was already feeling 'bad' he may not have felt bad enough to think he was dying. If he'd had a heart arryhythmia or any kind of abnormal heartbeat issue, when that occurs you lose consciousness within seconds, and you DON'T always feel it coming on...it just does. Same thing with other medical conditions.

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It's just as plausible a theory that he was going somewhere in the building for whatever reason (maybe going up to his apartment to lie down, maybe he was going to an office to retrieve something...THERE IS NO WAY TO KNOW, nor is there any way to gauge "how bad" he was feeling at that moment. yes, he was no doubt feeling ill as he had been for awhile, but we can't assume the degree of how badly he felt at that moment), and in the elevator was the random place fate chose and where whatever happened, happened.

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Reply #12 posted 05/16/16 1:10pm

ecnirp0421

Prince's girlfriend said he didn't own a phone.but his doctor was at paisley park the day b4 and why he didn't have him on speed dial.
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Reply #13 posted 05/16/16 2:11pm

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FunkiestOne said:

Yes what really drives me nuts is why didn't he call 911 if he was feeling so bad? What is shame or concern that the call would be played on TMZ at some point? Please Prince, I hope you didn't die because of that.


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It's not like he just collapsed in the studio. He was in the elevator, which makes me think he was trying to leave and get help but why didn't he just call 911..or call Kirk or his assitant or anyone??? I just don't get it.


There's a chance he could have just collapsed in the elevator. Sometimes death doesn't come with a warning.
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Reply #14 posted 05/16/16 2:15pm

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fantasticjoy said:

FunkiestOne said:

Yes what really drives me nuts is why didn't he call 911 if he was feeling so bad? What is shame or concern that the call would be played on TMZ at some point? Please Prince, I hope you didn't die because of that.

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It's not like he just collapsed in the studio. He was in the elevator, which makes me think he was trying to leave and get help but why didn't he just call 911..or call Kirk or his assitant or anyone??? I just don't get it.

There's a chance he could have just collapsed in the elevator. Sometimes death doesn't come with a warning.

Yes of course there is a chance, but there is a slim chance that he just happened to be in the elevator feeling ok and then suddenly collapsed. Obviously he probably spent like .001% of his daily time in the elevator so would have just been more likely in the studio or in bed or wherever. I feel like he was in the elevator trying to get downstairs and get help which I hate.

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Reply #15 posted 05/16/16 2:34pm

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FunkiestOne said:



fantasticjoy said:


FunkiestOne said:

Yes what really drives me nuts is why didn't he call 911 if he was feeling so bad? What is shame or concern that the call would be played on TMZ at some point? Please Prince, I hope you didn't die because of that.


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It's not like he just collapsed in the studio. He was in the elevator, which makes me think he was trying to leave and get help but why didn't he just call 911..or call Kirk or his assitant or anyone??? I just don't get it.



There's a chance he could have just collapsed in the elevator. Sometimes death doesn't come with a warning.

Yes of course there is a chance, but there is a slim chance that he just happened to be in the elevator feeling ok and then suddenly collapsed. Obviously he probably spent like .001% of his daily time in the elevator so would have just been more likely in the studio or in bed or wherever. I feel like he was in the elevator trying to get downstairs and get help which I hate.




Yeah, it would b tragic indeed if he didn't want to call 911 because he was concerned about his "privacy." sad
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Reply #16 posted 05/16/16 2:56pm

headtripparade

It could've been any time of the night. We don't know. It could've been when he just arrived home from the pharmacy and he was going upstairs. It could've been in the middle of the night and he was wandering downstairs for whatever reason. We have zero idea to even think he was so distressed he was going for help. If it was indeed an OD, I can assure you he would go from fine to unconscious quickly enough that he wouldn't have time to realize he's in trouble. He probably just felt really sleepy really fast and passed out--then at some point he obviously quit breathing.

I wish they would hurry up with these reports. All of this constant speculation is driving me (and I'm sure some others) stir crazy.
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Reply #17 posted 05/16/16 2:57pm

ecnirp0421

Prince spoke about a cellphone in his unreleased song underneath the cream. But he told arsenal Hall he didn't own a cellphone. Smh
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Reply #18 posted 05/16/16 3:00pm

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SoulAlive said:

These days,cellphones can be a lifesaver.How do we know that he didn't have one?

Well, as he died, and if having a phone would have been a lifesaver, it's to me clear he needed one. But I guess they don't have landlines at Paisley Park either if that what's this thread is suggesting.

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Reply #19 posted 05/16/16 3:50pm

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ecnirp0421 said:

I often wonder if Prince just own a cellphone, could his life been saved? I'm license in 1st aid & cpr/aed. I don't know what happened but those crucial seconds count. The touch of 1 button could dial 911 and his address information would automatically appear to the emergency respondents. "I don't know".

Cell phones don't unfortunately show your address. You'd have to advise of your location. Land lines do though, but not cell phones. That's why if you remember on the initial 911 call the doctors son made, he had to get them the address because it didn't show from a cell phone call...

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Reply #20 posted 05/16/16 4:58pm

AnonymousFan

Like everyone else, I'm pretty sure he had a cellphone. I cannot imagine such a guy walking around without a cellphone. Perhaps, he just said he didn't to avoid fan drama and even other celebrities bothing him.

I even believed he didn't when he was alive. Somehow, I think we were all gullible to anything he said and believed him whole-heartedly until he said otherwise on a bunch of things. But, now, him saying he didn't have a cellphone I realize was just obvious bs.

C'mon. The guy was on Twitter, owned a Mac, and an iPad - he mostly likely had an iPhone too.

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Reply #21 posted 05/16/16 11:56pm

ecnirp0421

What i don't understand if u almost died a week earlier and you handlers thought he was in grave need of help. But he was left alone at paisley park.no security or nothing.
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Reply #22 posted 05/16/16 11:59pm

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He said on his latest interview with Arsenio he did not own a cell phone. He didn't need one as everyone else around him had one. I don't see why he would lie about that.

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Reply #23 posted 05/17/16 12:38am

LittleNicci

Adore4ever said:

Alot of ppl were speaking with him somehow...i believe he had one but maybe not on him at the crucial moment. Perhaps he was in elevator trying to get to it 😢


I don't think he had pockets and iv only seen one picture of him wearing a watch which did surprise me
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Reply #24 posted 05/17/16 12:45am

Junglehop

In my mind I keep singing the title of this thread to the melody of "If I Was Your Girlfriend"...

I've been spending too much time here lately.
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Reply #25 posted 05/17/16 12:53am

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LittleNicci said:

Adore4ever said:
Alot of ppl were speaking with him somehow...i believe he had one but maybe not on him at the crucial moment. Perhaps he was in elevator trying to get to it 😢
I don't think he had pockets and iv only seen one picture of him wearing a watch which did surprise me


Kevin Smith thought Prince didn't have pockets until Prince produced a pocket bible as if from nowhere. biggrin

RIP sad
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Reply #26 posted 05/17/16 9:35pm

artist76

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He may have owned a cell phone (probably did; who doesn't nowadays?), but the sheriff in the press conference said there was no cell phone in the elevator.

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Reply #27 posted 05/17/16 10:10pm

ecnirp0421

Prince girlfriend Damaris was on a radio show and was ask by a dj to call Prince cellphone and she said he didn't own one and had to call his secretary twice to wake him up.
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Reply #28 posted 05/18/16 1:23am

monkeytennis

I wish there'd been a phone in the elevator.

If there had been, and he didn't use it then I can at least imagine that he passed quickly.

Too sad.
I don't want to think about it to much.
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Reply #29 posted 05/18/16 8:30pm

Adore4ever

I recently saw a pic of him holding a cell phone at a record store...i dont know if it was recent though
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