One of the women interviewed, Alisyn Camerota, said something to the effect of "many believe it [death of his son] was something he never got over."

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Hearing that made me really sad. I think that one of the saddest aspects of his death for me, besides him not being here, is that for all of his success as a musician, his dream of being a father was so short-lived and so painful. It makes me want to cry. There is nothing more painful than losing one's only child.

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Sometimes I wonder how much of the happiness that Prince exhibited outwardly matched how he felt on the inside. Did his happiness in making music mask some deeper unhappiness/sadness/pain?

[Edited 2/10/17 20:14pm]

laurarichardson said:

206Michelle said:

I'm watching this and it's pretty obvious that he didn't have the flu; he had something more serious. It's also clear that he wasn't very enthusiastic about receiving medical care, even if that care was necessary.

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One of the consequences of having the freedom to make decisions is that a person may not always act in his/her best interest, and at times may make decisions that undermine self-preservation. Unfortunately, these decisions have consequences for the person who is ill, as well as those who love the person who is ill. In some cases, the consequence is death.

--Maybe he was not enthusiastic about receiving care because nothing could be done.

Very true, Laura. I didn't even think of that.

PennyPurple said:

LOVESYMBOLNUMBER2 said:

206Michelle said:

laytonian said:

206Michelle said:

One of the women interviewed, Alisyn Camerota, said something to the effect of "many believe it [death of his son] was something he never got over."

There is nothing more painful than losing one's only child.

. Yes. Plus, there was the pain of seeing a deformed child undergoing surgery for breathing tubes, eyelid, a colostomy (due to bowel issues) and being told the child would be mentally deficient. The decision to not torture the infant any further had to be shattering. He had already built the playground and playroom. (Sigh) .

Laytonian, I totally agree. I am a special education teacher who teaches children who have autism. I see how difficult it can be for the parents to cope with a child's disability, especially when the child is lower functioning. Prince and Mayte, unfortunately, experienced the worst ramification of having a child with a disability--the child dying due to complications of the disability.

laytonian said:

I know that they both were in denial when they were O.W When u lose a child no matter what age you want to blame everyone even yourself.And without support from family it's hard He had no one to cry to' Just wrapped himself in his work. So o o very heartbreaking. .

laurarichardson said:

I hope he had the playroom removed. Too many memories and pain.

LOVESYMBOLNUMBER2 said:

Not able to access this channel where I live.

luvgirl said:

This "documentary" was really not all that. We've heard all of this info before. The part that I really did NOT like was when they mentioned that Duane's and Lorna's attorney said that Duane and Lorna told him that Prince had a cocaine problem. HLN did mention that Prince was estranged from Lorna before her death and that they both (Duane and Lorna) are deceased now. This information is highly suspect and should not have been mentioned. Prince's true fans know the story behind these 2 siblings of Prince, but the general public does not and may take what was presented in this "documentary" as gospel.

SBartist said:

Not able to access this channel where I live.

You didn't miss much.

tmo1965 said:

indyangel66 said:

I know that they both were in denial when they were O.W When u lose a child no matter what age you want to blame everyone even yourself.And without support from family it's hard He had no one to cry to' Just wrapped himself in his work. So o o very heartbreaking. .

He had his wife who he could've turned to. We know she needed him at the time....but like you said, he just wrapped himself up in his work.

paisleypearl said:

tmo1965 said:

This "documentary" was really not all that. We've heard all of this info before. The part that I really did NOT like was when they mentioned that Duane's and Lorna's attorney said that Duane and Lorna told him that Prince had a cocaine problem. HLN did mention that Prince was estranged from Lorna before her death and that they both (Duane and Lorna) are deceased now. This information is highly suspect and should not have been mentioned. Prince's true fans know the story behind these 2 siblings of Prince, but the general public does not and may take what was presented in this "documentary" as gospel.

I heard Percocet mentioned in this program, not cocaine.

Yeah, I didn't hear cocaine, they said Percocet.

Was it really necessary to highlight that awful show with a sticky on the org?

laurarichardson said:

paisleypearl said:

haleno1 said:

I saw the special last night and I didn't see anything wrong with it and I loved him as much as you did. Whether you cared how he died or not, fans are gonna see these kind of shows like this because the media always hated they couldn't take Prince down like they did Michael Jackson.

When Michael died, his fans had to go through the same tragedy, now it's our turn with Prince. It's sad, but this program does nothing to his platinum legacy. MJ fans still have to deal with all these specials like the one that was on last weekend on Reelz about his allegations with child molestion and his tarnished legacy. We don't have that with Prince other than his tragic end. Prince could've went through the same scandal that Bill Cosby has recently gone through. If you don't like these kind of shows then don't watch, but when I watched the program last night other than his tragedy, the really didn't say anything about him that we didn't already know. Because of his passing and his overdose of Fentanyl, you gonna see and hear things you don't want to see, but it doesn't change the fact that he will ALWAYS be an icon/legend/and most importantly the GOAT. We still love him and we always will.

anangellooksdown said:

I am happy to finally be here and see what you all thought about the show. I have mixed feelings about it. I feel Andre and Van were the saving grace of it, even though they it seems they did edit to highlight one thing Andre said (about how Prince wasn't exactly fair about some music when they sort of went their seoetare ways for a time). But I also think that's okay, because he was honest and it's not as though we don't know Prince did things like that sometimes in the earlier years. He came across as a good friend who cared about Prince, which we fans knew already. The cousin seems a bit on the conspiracy belief side and upset that p was alone on April 20. The one thing I didn't like was when said that prince would "use you up". I laughed when the journalist (I think it was) said that Prince slept with thousands of women. I don't think it was that many. Van is such a sensitive guy. I love him for that. He can always shed new and interesting light on things, like when he said that Prince really, really cared about all these women. And that [his obvious pursuit of them] was almost embarrassing to the point that Van said it was like, at least be cool about it 😎 Oh, Prince. You were so endearing. And truly one of a kind. 💜 Love you. All in all I was very sad at the end, when I heard and saw his friends' sadness.

The one thing I didn't like was when said that prince would "use you up".

Uh he did. Now everybody wants to act like Prince was angel. Back in his younger days, HE DID! That's part of how got to be Prince. Beyonce, ( thanks to MATTHEW!) did the same thing when she was younger too, it's when she got rid of Matthew as her manager and Bey got older and wiser that she became more humble like Prince did. Quit trying to act like this isn't the same man that in the 80's, up until the battle with his record company with "slave" on his face, didn't want to be all the way black if he wanted to be at all.

TurnItUp said:

anangellooksdown said:

I am happy to finally be here and see what you all thought about the show. I have mixed feelings about it. I feel Andre and Van were the saving grace of it, even though they it seems they did edit to highlight one thing Andre said (about how Prince wasn't exactly fair about some music when they sort of went their seoetare ways for a time). But I also think that's okay, because he was honest and it's not as though we don't know Prince did things like that sometimes in the earlier years. He came across as a good friend who cared about Prince, which we fans knew already. The cousin seems a bit on the conspiracy belief side and upset that p was alone on April 20. The one thing I didn't like was when said that prince would "use you up". I laughed when the journalist (I think it was) said that Prince slept with thousands of women. I don't think it was that many. Van is such a sensitive guy. I love him for that. He can always shed new and interesting light on things, like when he said that Prince really, really cared about all these women. And that [his obvious pursuit of them] was almost embarrassing to the point that Van said it was like, at least be cool about it 😎 Oh, Prince. You were so endearing. And truly one of a kind. 💜 Love you. All in all I was very sad at the end, when I heard and saw his friends' sadness.

The one thing I didn't like was when said that prince would "use you up".

Uh he did. Now everybody wants to act like Prince was angel. Back in his younger days, HE DID! That's part of how got to be Prince. Beyonce, ( thanks to MATTHEW!) did the same thing when she was younger too, it's when she got rid of Matthew as her manager and Bey got older and wiser that she became more humble like Prince did. Quit trying to act like this isn't the same man that in the 80's, up until the battle with his record company with "slave" on his face, didn't want to be all the way black if he wanted to be blackat all. Stop trying to cut out his flaws. He had them like everybody else.

[Edited 2/11/17 8:17am]

paisleypearl said: