I was just sitting here, at home, working. I don't turn the TV on during the day, nor do I have a radio going. I might have music playing. I just like the peacefulness of the day, so i can get work done.

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A friend that I've known since 1st grade, called me and said "Have you seen the news? There's been a death at Paisley Park." My first thought was actually "Oh dear, a staffer died at Paisley Park? How grim!" By the time I got the news on, my Facebook messenger, and Skype were lighting up. I work contact said "Prince is dead - TMZ is reporting". She swears by TMZ, and rightly so.

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I couldn't click on the link. It was too much. I always go to GoogleNews to see if someone is trending or not. Sure enough, the headlines were coming in. CNN was reporting he was gone. I eventually hung up the phone, and just watched the news. It was a bit like when we all got the news of 9/11. It was so shocking, and sudden, that all I could do was watch the news to try and understand it, and absorb it.

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I came here eventually, to read from folks. I cried a lot, and was able to snap a pic in that moment. I needed to dosomething to memorialize the moment more. I was flipping through my vinyl, and grabbed Prince and Purple Rain, held them in my arms, and took one picture.

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I got so many emails from people - folks I'd not talked to in 20+ years, people from high school, etc., and they all said "you were the first person I thought of. I'm so sorry. You talked about Prince every other day in school, and I always remembered how much his music meant to you." It's weird to see yourself through someone else's eyes like that, and how they perceived you.

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It was also the same day my mother had passed away 4 years ago, so it was a pretty heavy day. I think I've said this before- but my mother hated Prince, with a passion. I joked with my brother later that day, and said, "Imagine the look on mom's face when Prince showed up this morning." He said, "I thought the same thing." It was the one chuckle I had all day.

I was at home and went onto Twitter. I noticed that Prince was trending and wondered why that was (perhaps a big announcement); I clicked and read the news.

I cried. A lot. Have stopped crying, but still feel sad at times.

Was at home just got back from night shift work. My sister phoned me and told me, i looked at the news on TV. On top of everything have a family member very ill and with Prince's death just made 2016 the worst year of my life. Am just tired and my sleeping pattern is a mess. I hope others here are coping better.

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I was on vacation in Hawaii, woke up to my son calling my wife. I am half asleed and hear him say to her "how's dad doing?" and I think I hear him say "Prince died". I don't believe it until my wife repeats it. I had been concerned since the emergency landing the week before, the news of that is how I woke up the first day in Hawaii.

we put off our plans for the next two days then I have to push through it because the vacation time is running out. My wife said "you act like you lost a family member". I told her "that's what it feels like". 'm still not sure I've processed it yet. I was born 5 years after Prince and really never thought I'd ever get the news that he died because I expected him to live at least 5 years longer than me.

When I read that the emergency landing was because of an overdose, it hit me so hard I just had to stop everything for a few minutes to process that before I could even finish reading the story.

The whole thing is just so tragic and so preventable. There is no reason that he should die a week after an overdose. Why does it take so long to attempt to get him some real help. Why is the person they finally get to help him arriving hours too late.

I was in the classroom teaching when another teacher came over to tell me near the end of the day. i was totally shocked the rest of the day. taught very little just handed out assignments.

At home on short-term disability, where I've been this entire time. A friend texted and said, "I heard Prince has died. Is it true?" I started to text back "no, he just had to land his plane last week because of a medical issue", when a voice in my head said check the Org.

And the Org wouldn't load...

I'm about five feet from where I was when I found out, how I'm coping? not much better. I saw it on my facebook trend in this here coffee shop. I was so shocked at first that i didn't really feel anything and I had work scheduled so i didn't have time to sit around and thing more about it. I almost cancelled the day but I just sort of halfheartedly when and did a job. Since then? hearing lets go crazy, purple rain in stores i have mixed feelings. I don't want to think about his passing in public because i feel like to most people he is just another celeb to pass and celebrate and many of them just weren't fans and aren't particularly sad so I'd rather listen to his music in private for the time being.

I was walking down the hall at work around 2:00PM, heading for the kitchen on our floor to fill my water cup, and we have TVs in all of our kitchens.

I saw Prince on the TV talking to Larry King, and I thought at first glance, why is Prince on TV, and why are they showing an old interview?

Then I saw at the bottom of the screen, "Prince, dead, age 57"

All I kept saying was "What?", "What"? OMG, it can't be. No"

I am still very heartbroken and so sad about losing him. He was so exciting to watch. I know recently I read, he said he couldn't play the guitar anymore thus the reason for the piano and microphone tour. I hope this did not depress him in addition to Vanity passing on.

All I know is I've been playing the videos every night and just shaking my head that this irreplaceable man is gone.

An end to an era, that's for sure.

I was at home on the sofa with my daughter next to me, she looked up from her phone and said Prince is dead. I didn't believe her, didn't want to believe her but eventually I got online myself and checked. Once confirmed I took myself off to the bathroom, put on Lovesexy and stood under the shower and sobbed for the longest time. Yesterday was the first day I haven't cried but the tears are back today. It keeps hitting me like a truck, I still can't believe he's no longer on this earth. Don't think I will ever get over this

I was at work. My boyfriend called and told me. I thought he was joking...then EVERYONE and their Moma started calling to check on me. Everyone knows what a FANATIC I am. It was if someone in my family died and everyone wanted to see how I was holding up.

@ work. Went in the bathroom and cried. I am not over it. There is still so much of his music I never heard. Have not been to PP. I feel like i missed out on the good stuff.

I was at work. I had a little free time, so I checked the .org and I saw the thread about there being paramedics at Paisley Park. I was reading the comments and I saw a comment that there had been a confirmed death at Paisley. I figured "maybe it was a staff member or even a crazed fan who hopped the fence and got hurt". Despite hearing a week before about the emergency plane landing, I didn't want to believe it was Prince...

....and then my dad called me. My dad NEVER calls me. We have a great relationship but he's the type that if you expect to hear from him, you have to be the one to reach out. When I saw his name on my phone, I dropped my head. I just knew Prince was dead. He confirmed my fears when I answered the phone. Then, my phone started blowing up! My facebook timeline and my messages all said the same thing: "You were the first person I thought about when I heard the news..."

I'm still in shock and disbelief, but I'm doing a little better now. But I always get sad when I see "June 7, 1958- April 21, 2016". The finality of it just breaks my heart...

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I was in Paris on business. Came out of the shower soaking wet and heard text come through, my brother to say some bad news on Prince. turned on TV and could not believe it. sat on bed for 4 hours watching TV and trying to process everything. My phone was hopping with friends and family calling me... I would text them back saying 'in a late meeting, yes I heard about Prince, I am doing OK'. Reality is that I could not even speak, in total shock and pain. 5 hours later, walked to eiffel tower, sat there and cried for ages.

Was so sad to hear Prince was alone at PP when it happened .. missing you Prince, not even a month has passed and it feels like a million days. Rest Well !!

We were on vacation when I heard the awful news. My family was very kind and we even watched Purple Rain together before we flew home.

The kicker is that he passed on my beautiful daughter's birthday. So, I'll never, ever forget the day.

I'm still hurting...even 4 weeks later.

(On a strange note, the last time we went on a big vacation, Michael Jackson passed away. That was rough...but Prince is and always will be my #1.)

I was in my bed fast asleep my mum came in & woke me up at 5:30am & Said Amber Prince is dead so i turned on sky news in the lounge room turns out it was real i was absolutely gutted to say the least iv cried so much since it happened iv had it super tough since but im trying my best to cope

So you just finish work and your phone is ringing and you look see the number and it's your brother calling and you look at the skype message your boss has just sent:

"Have you seen the news? Prince, man. Fucking Prince"

In those simple nine words I knew why my brother was on the phone, and in the span of two simple gestures there was the newspaper on the screen and my brother's voice.

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April 21, 2016 @ 3:22 pm

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Driving home from work, turning the radio dial and hearing a radio DJ say....at least this is what i thought i heard ''the prince is dead'' i was like wooooah PRINCE CHARLES DIED????? OH MY GOD!

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Then a female DJ started talking a mile a minute about what an amazing person, humanitarian and genius PERFORMER he was and then she said it,''Yes, Prince Rogers Nelson, dead at 57!!!!'' And thats when i almost drove my car into on coming traffic, i literally almost died!!! And then a wave of disbelief and depression came over me..still haven't shaken it completely!

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Couldn't believe it then..still can't

musicfan77 said:

I was walking down the hall at work around 2:00PM, heading for the kitchen on our floor to fill my water cup, and we have TVs in all of our kitchens.

I saw Prince on the TV talking to Larry King, and I thought at first glance, why is Prince on TV, and why are they showing an old interview?

Then I saw at the bottom of the screen, "Prince, dead, age 57"

All I kept saying was "What?", "What"? OMG, it can't be. No"

I am still very heartbroken and so sad about losing him. He was so exciting to watch. I know recently I read, he said he couldn't play the guitar anymore thus the reason for the piano and microphone tour. I hope this did not depress him in addition to Vanity passing on.

All I know is I've been playing the videos every night and just shaking my head that this irreplaceable man is gone.

An end to an era, that's for sure.

That's not true. He did a couple of performances in March, played guitar for a Ray Charles tribute and had an aftershow another night in March where he even played the drums.