Today's new about Michael Jackson got me wondering about when James Brown passed. Obviously James was a big influence on Prince and I'm wondering if he ever made any kind of comment on his passing?

I guess we will never know how Prince comments on a friend or a performer passing away.

I would think that only Prince's closest friends would know his feelings about these life events.

Well, in the title of the thread I did use the word "public." It's not uncommon for celebrities to issue press releases when someone they admire passes away.

yes. prince's official site at the time left the screen black, and i THINK it had JB's birthdate and deathdate in white letters...i'm sure some of the archival experts can correct me on this...

rialb said:

If I can recall, being a JW, Prince is not allowed to attend funerals of non JW members.
Strange CULT!
[Edited 6/25/09 20:04pm]

if i'm not mistaken, Micheal is also Jehovah's Witness...

apparently he converted to Islam last year.

http://www.nydailynews.co...porte.html

Anxiety said:

I think it had said Rest in Peace James Brown or something like that. He did acknowledge it on the site cause it was the first thing you would see on 3121.com if you entered it at that time.

3232 said:

Everyone keeps saying this, but is it true? lol...As far as I know, JWs can indeed attend funerals, even if the people they're mourning weren't JWs themselves.