He seemed fine there, from what I can see. Reason why I do not agree with the theory that he knew he was "dying" of some terminal illness (AIDS/Cancer). It's not logical to purchase a brand-new piano and guitar if you know you are on your death bed. Just saying. Yes, Prince had been looking "very thin" in recent months, but he was always thin. He was very thin back in the 90s. When you get older, you start to lose "muscle", and I'm not sure Prince was working-out in his later years. I am very much like Prince, in many ways and especially in my beliefs, and will always stand by my belief that Prince did not know what he was taking. I think he was trying to relieve his pain; he was only human. I just hope and pray they will find out where those pills came from.

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cloveringold85 said:

He seemed fine there, from what I can see. Reason why I do not agree with the theory that he knew he was "dying" of some terminal illness (AIDS/Cancer). It's not logically to purchase a brand-new piano and guitar if you know you are on your death bed. Just saying. I am very much like Prince in that I stand "firm in my beliefs", and I always will. Prince did not know what he was taking. I think he was trying to relieve his pain; he was only human. I just hope and pray they will find out where those pills came from.

This photo looks much better than the one I saw from behind him.

nelcp777 said:

cloveringold85 said:

He seemed fine there, from what I can see. Reason why I do not agree with the theory that he knew he was "dying" of some terminal illness (AIDS/Cancer). It's not logically to purchase a brand-new piano and guitar if you know you are on your death bed. Just saying. I am very much like Prince in that I stand "firm in my beliefs", and I always will. Prince did not know what he was taking. I think he was trying to relieve his pain; he was only human. I just hope and pray they will find out where those pills came from.

This photo looks much better than the one I saw from behind him.

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Sorry, I had to edit what I wrote.

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Photo's don't always do justice, ya know? I certainly don't like pictures of myself, and when yout take random snapshots, it's not always showing a person's best side. I think this is another reason why Prince was not fond of people snapping photo's of him. Am I making sense? LOL

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Knew i should not of looked am out of here.

Of course he looks fine, he looked fine up till the day he left us, as many in his camp have stated, as well as those in the media and the fans that saw him in those last days. The only people spreading these looked sad, looked thin, knew this, knew that crap are those that are taking single frames from a horrible quality concert video, with crazy shadows all over the place, or horrible photos (we all have them) and creating their own story behind it. I guess people want Prince to have known something, or shown something, so badly, that they will search high and low for the perfect pic to show that, and then actually believe what they are saying.

I have stated from day one he looked fine, this pic indeed shows that.

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cloveringold85 said:

amatthews said:

Correction he didn't buy Simon Farmers guitar he gave it to him. Prince then ordered a black and gold bass from him which I have seen and got photos of Simon is a friend. I found that picture for him so he could see a front view with Prince holding it. He was made up that there was one in circulation. As a long term fan I knew there would be one some where and would know where to look too.

That bass also had led lights on the fret that would light up when the strings hit, what a sight that would have been.

I really don't think he looked fine. He must have looked awfully skinny in real life.

amatthews said:

leadline said:

Of course he looks fine, he looked fine up till the day he left us, as many in his camp have stated, as well as those in the media and the fans that saw him in those last days. The only people spreading these looked sad, looked thin, knew this, knew that crap are those that are taking single frames from a horrible quality concert video, with crazy shadows all over the place, or horrible photos (we all have them) and creating their own story behind it. I guess people want Prince to have known something, or shown something, so badly, that they will search high and low for the perfect pic to show that, and then actually believe what they are saying.

I have stated from day one he looked fine, this pic indeed shows that.

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Exactly how I feel. It's a cool shot.

He looks good despite I maintain he knew his days were numbered.

He looks 112 lbs.

ladygirl99 said:

He looks good despite I maintain he knew his days were numbered.

The head to body proportions are way off. Given he's wearing loose fitting clothing in layers, I can only imagine how frail he really was without all those layers. Sorry, not buying it. I'm trusting what my eyes and my heart are telling me.

He doesn't look healthy to me.

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And I suppose I notice the following only because of what's happened since the photo was taken, I dunno...but the gold piece on that guitar resembles (to me) an angel's harp.

He looks really skinny and given that photos often add weight, I would imagine he looked even skinnier in person. The loose clothing can hide weight loss better than tight clothing.

2olskool4u said:

Didn't anyone see the video of his piano and microphone tour appearances? Prince could barely stand up when the audience was joining him in singing. His fingers were so thin they were clawliike while he was playing the piano. Don't believe me? Look again at his live concerts.

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I've known of people to lose weight from taking the pain pills. I don't know the reasoning behind it. I guess they just got to where they didn't eat, but I guess it's possible.

It's in the THIGHS. When thighs look that slender, the person is often considerably lighter than they should be.

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He looks drawn, certainly thinner.. what drives me mad is people saying "he didnt look sick" he wasnt "Sick" certainly something was going on in terms of him not eating, losing weight and the Moline plane drama.. sick to me means ill.. having a dependancy to medication isnt sick its not an illness .... but cetainly he didnt appear as "healthy" as he was only 18 months before....

It's InTouch, aren't they the ones that broke the news on the suicide note?

And it's photoshopped, looks like one of those Team America puppets, with the big head and tiny body.

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