http://www.etonline.com/n..._memorial/

he solemn event was organized by Prince's ex-wives, Manuela Testolini and Mayte Garcia, and held at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Los Angeles. The location of the memorial was a closely-guarded secret in the days leading up to the event.

Interesting guest list. Lots of ex's in one place.

Marrk said:

Interesting guest list. Lots of ex's in one place.

Yes, i found that quite interesting. A lot of love there.

Interesting that they did this without his Siblings being included, or wait for them to organise an official memorial.

And explains the slightly bizarre statement from Tyka about non-offical memorials (as far as we knew there weren't any!)... It sounds slightly bitchy in the context of this now happening. She clearly was pissed about it.

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But it seems that lots of people that knew Prince quite well turned up to this anyway. Which perhaps says something about their thought about his family... maybe!??

james said:

Only Prince's exes could make memorials honoring Prince a cold war about which woman Prince loved the most.

2elijah said:

2elijah said:

james said:

Interesting that they did this without his Siblings being included, or wait for them to organise an official memorial.

And explains the slightly bizarre statement from Tyka about non-offical memorials (as far as we knew there weren't any!)... It sounds slightly bitchy in the context of this now happening. She clearly was pissed about it.

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But it seems that lots of people that knew Prince quite well turned up to this anyway. Which perhaps says something about their thought about his family... maybe!??

Just my opinion, but they still should have at least reached out to some of his family members to attend, and should understand that his siblings are still grieving. I mean it was nice of them to do a memorial. I think reaching out to his actual family, would have been the respectful thing to do, even if they denied the invitation. I could understand his family members trying to protect their brother from those who probably weren't around as his friends, in the last 2 or 3 years of his life, and only showing their faces now.

agreed

gigilamorosa said:

gigilamorosa said:

2elijah said:

Good for them. Tyka wwas not the closest person to Prince, and nobody needs her permission to honour him.

I would love to know which Khalil Gibran poem was read, as well as view the musical tribute film and celebration of life film listed in the program.

gigilamorosa said:

Looks like a Hollywood thing. Celebrities and people who hadn't seen him in ages.

2elijah said:

james said:

Interesting that they did this without his Siblings being included, or wait for them to organise an official memorial.

And explains the slightly bizarre statement from Tyka about non-offical memorials (as far as we knew there weren't any!)... It sounds slightly bitchy in the context of this now happening. She clearly was pissed about it.

.

But it seems that lots of people that knew Prince quite well turned up to this anyway. Which perhaps says something about their thought about his family... maybe!??

Just my opinion, but they still should have at least reached out to some of his family members to attend, and should understand that his siblings are still grieving. I mean it was nice of them to do a memorial. I think reaching out to his actual family, would have been the respectful thing to do, even if they denied the invitation. I could understand his family members trying to protect their brother from those who probably weren't around as his friends, in the last 2 or 3 years of his life, and only showing their faces now.

they probably did,,Tyka should have already done this ...its not tlike they need their permission and the folks in attendance prob had a better relationship with him than did his family

paulludvig said:

paulludvig said:

Looks like a Hollywood thing. Celebrities and people who hadn't seen him in ages.

how do you make that statement ., you dont know that who he has seen and hasnt

i htought folks said this was BS as TMZ reported it first...........lolz

lwr001 said:

Were these same attendees at the April Service at PP? I saw pics of Sheila, Andy Allo, etc..but none of Mayte, Manuela, Wendy, Lisa, etc..I was just curious if they were asked to the Paisley one..

endiadj said:

gigilamorosa said:

They must have reached out in some way, as Prince's brother Omarr spoke at the service...

so they did reach out to his family then. good. how do we know his family was any closer to him than his friends or ex's? one hadn't been in touch with him in 15 years!

lwr001 said:

peri1025 said:

2elijah said:

gigilamorosa said:

They must have reached out in some way, as Prince's brother Omarr spoke at the service...

So Omar was invited to the LA service? Interesting.

Probably the whole family members were, but only Omarr accepted or went as a representative of the family.

paulludvig said:

lwr001 said:

how do you make that statement ., you dont know that who he has seen and hasnt

It's my impression that the people he was in regular contact with went to the first memorial. But the people who went to this one are perhaps the people members of the org would have preferred he was still friends with?

Yep. That was my impression too.