rogifan said:

I'm still trying to wrap my head around the comments from Prince's personal assistant who worked for him from 2013 to October 2015. She said Prince never seemed sick to her, she never saw him take pills nor did she ever get any on his behalf. She genuinely seemed shocked by his death. She also said even though he lived alone at PP most of the time he was not alone there. I pulled up her profile on LinkedIn and if she's being truthful in her job description she did a lot for Prince and it seems reasonable to assume she had access to places no one else (except maybe Kirk) would have had access to. https://apnews.com/2e1a16...-energetic

It's hard to know because some people are saying he was sick and others were saying he was healthy. However, if she stopped working for him in October 2015, then there were 6-7 months between October 2015 and April 21, 2016. Perhaps things got worse for him in those last 6-7 months? Like I said, it's hard to know. The man NEVER looked a mess in public. Look at him at the Warriors-Thunder game in March of 2016. He looks like he's aged compared to how he looked in 2011-2012, but otherwise, there's nothing visibly wrong with him that I can see.

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206Michelle said:

twinnies said:

Why do you think he went back to the afro?

Hold on 2 ur wig ...its what look best compared to other tries before the afro and some of those tries were bad- could def tell they were wigs--- he def lost his hair maybe had some on the sides....probably the same natural look as his daddy pop overall.

rogifan said:

206Michelle said:

It's hard to know because some people are saying he was sick and others were saying he was healthy. However, if she stopped working for him in October 2015, then there were 6-7 months between October 2015 and April 21, 2016. Perhaps things got worse for him in those last 6-7 months? Like I said, it's hard to know. The man NEVER looked a mess in public. Look at him at the Warriors-Thunder game in March of 2016. He looks like he's aged compared to how he looked in 2011-2012, but otherwise, there's nothing visibly wrong with him that I can see.

Yes it's probably the case that things got worse after she left. But to me it pours a little cold water on the notion that he had some long term addiction problem. Adrian Crutchfield's comments to Funkenberry also stick with me. Mostly because he has a history of drug abuse in his family and I believe he even said he was a dealer when he was younger. Of course first and foremost I'm sure he was just sticking up for his friend but he obviously would know the signs of someone under the influence and he made a point of requesting a second interview with Funkenberry to discuss this subject. He was one of the last musicians to work with Prince.

The public doesn't know how long Prince was abusing or addicted to painkillers. It would not surprise me if he was taking the painkillers in moderation for several years (or more) to help him with the gruels of touring. Based on watching videos of performances and looking at photos from 2011 to 2012, he was still dancing in heels, climbing onto the piano in heels, and playing the guitar with gusto on the Welcome 2 tours. In 2011 and 2012, he was 52.5 to 54.5 years of age, but could have passed for being 40. He was still incredible sexy and was flaunting his chest hair on a regular basis.

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Sometime in late 2013 or early 2014, I notice a difference in his style because he is covering himself more by wearing mostly tunics or turtlenecks. He stops showing the chest hair and he definitely starts to look a lot older. Maybe he looked older because of the afro. Who knows what was going on with him. Was he sick? Was he abusing painkillers? Was he just aging? Was he dealing with a lot of emotional pain? It's hard to know exactly.

laurarichardson said:

Amazing footage! His voice was beautiful and clear and he was hitting those really high notes like they were nothing! Towards the end, I had to hit the pause button a few times, where he was close-up, and I could not help but ask Prince: "What was going on?" Sad how he got up, with his cane and held it up in the air and it's also even more heartbreaking that this was the last time we ever heard him perform.

laytonian said:

. MTV published an interesting article last year about Prince and time. "No matter what his actual age, Prince always looked 33 years old." . http://www.mtv.com/news/2...-phillips/ .

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Prince was beautiful. He had good genetics. Like they say, "Black don't crack". It's true!!

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leadline said:

laytonian said:

rogifan said:

I'm still trying to wrap my head around the comments from Prince's personal assistant who worked for him from 2013 to October 2015. She said Prince never seemed sick to her, she never saw him take pills nor did she ever get any on his behalf. She genuinely seemed shocked by his death. She also said even though he lived alone at PP most of the time he was not alone there. I pulled up her profile on LinkedIn and if she's being truthful in her job description she did a lot for Prince and it seems reasonable to assume she had access to places no one else (except maybe Kirk) would have had access to. https://apnews.com/2e1a16...-energetic

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Interesting. Was she working for him up until he passed? Even though she was his assistant and around him every day, she still did not know what he did in his "alone" and "private" time, ya know?

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During the day, it was all business, but you don't really know what a person is doing after hours.

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A lot of people who worked closely with Prince said they never observed him being high, seeming "off" or under the influence of anything, except his music.

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I'm sure Prince had his good days and his bad ones, just like the rest of us, so I'm not suggesting that he was hiding his drug problem either (if he had one). We do know that he was in chronic pain and only wanted relief from that, like anyone else would. That doesn't make him a bad person. He was only human.

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cloveringold85 said:

206Michelle said:

rogifan said:

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Interesting. Was she working for him up until he passed? Even though she was his assistant and around him every day, she still did not know what he did in his "alone" and "private" time, ya know?

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During the day, it was all business, but you don't really know what a person is doing after hours.

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A lot of people who worked closely with Prince said they never observed him being high, seeming "off" or under the influence of anything, except his music.

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I'm sure Prince had his good days and his bad ones, just like the rest of us, so I'm not suggesting that he was hiding his drug problem either (if he had one). We do know that he was in chronic pain and only wanted relief from that, like anyone else would. That doesn't make him a bad person. He was only human.

She worked for him until October 2015. Of course she wasn't around him 24/7 but I'll bet she was around him more than just about anyone other than Kirk.

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Sorry, I read the part where she worked for him up until October, 2015. I think a lot of us were shocked at those pics of him at that New Year's Eve party in St. Barts--He did look unusually thin. Something drastically changed with him in the last 6-months of his life, for sure!

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Not a great pic of him, but this was from that night in St. Barts:

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And this one we've seen many times--his arrival in St. Barts, with his pursed lips like he so often had:

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moonsister said:

laytonian said:

. Give it a rest. WE are the ones who've been keeping up and have read warrants, etc. This has nothing to do with walgreens. The KJ prescription was from CVS. You DO seem very familiar with TMZ. Care to fill us in? THERE IS NO SHAME IN ADDICTION. Those drugs control your brain. If they did not, no one would be addicted. Learn how these drugs were sold as non-fiction and then when people became addicted, doctors cut them off. THAT is why people start looking for other sources. . Prince was known to be gulping painkillers in 2009, which is when they started becoming more limited. My daughter couldn't even get them for her migraines after that time.

I watched the video and it made me sad. I'm a year older than Prince and to me, he shows a serious mental decline in a person of this age. He looks like he is in his own little world and barely realizes there is a show going on. There is no humor or zest or hospitality even. Fortunately his fans are there for him when he needs them and I hope he felt the 💜 love, but he seemed flat and robot like. [Edited 5/29/17 14:22pm]

You are so wildly wrong I don't even know where to begin.

twinnies said:

Why do you think he went back to the afro?

I was wondering that also. As I thought about it, even though Prince indicated that he wasn't into age; I pondered what would be an appropriate hair style for a man approaching his mid 50s. I just can't see a man in his 50s with "pressed/relaxed" hair (no offense to anyone personally). In my opinion yes his fro looked more becoming when it was smaller; but I think it was a good choice to let go of the pressed look.

A few people talk about Prince looking "pale", do we really have a good sense of his normal complexion/coloring? I now that everyone has probably seen the youtube clip of him getting on the elevator with in a black outfit; then he's on a train, playing at the piano. The end clip, where he is playing the guitar, is the first time that I ever realized how light complexioned he was. Maybe I'm the only one.

jimmy3121 said:

twinnies said:

Why do you think he went back to the afro?

Hold on 2 ur wig ...its what look best compared to other tries before the afro and some of those tries were bad- could def tell they were wigs--- he def lost his hair maybe had some on the sides....probably the same natural look as his daddy pop overall.

How do you "he def lost his hair'?

TrivialPursuit said:

He was very, very thin, more than I've ever seen him. He was also really pale. His eyes weren't as sparkly in photos that we're used to seeing otherwise. He was struggling with those fucking pills, for sure.

It's hard for me to listen to these Atlanta shows. It's the last one and the finality of that is a bit too much for even me. But the moments I have listened to had me surprised as just how clear and crisp his voice was in the show. He never slurred words.

People hooked on a drug that has to perform or be up and ready (like a celebrity or public figure) know how to manipulate the drug (ie: abuse it by using it other than how it's prescribed) in order to function while not necessarily appearing to be high from it. (And by high I mean altered by a drug in their system, not eyes rolling around or tweaking or acting crazy.) Prince knew, having been on them for a minute, how to use the drug in order to function and operate as 'normal' as he could. It's probably why no one ever saw anything else. The dude was good at it, as are a lot of people who suffer from an addiction. Opioids and other narcotics are addictive by nature. He's no different when taking them. But again, he knew how to take just enough to work, and put on a good show.

Frankly I was also surprised at how great Prince's voice stayed over the years. People's voices tend to lower with age, and artists will even perform songs in a lower key in concerts. They'll sometimes do that to save their voice from singing higher notes night after night. Prince never did that, to my knowledge. He was so spot on with his falsetto, etc.

But as far as his appearance, he moved okay, but his body was definitely showing the effects of addiction, and not eating as well.

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rogifan said:

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donnyenglish said:

tigerlilyluv said:

I was hoping I wasn't the only one that noticed he was his most fragile in 2009 and looked that way again in 2016. Seems to be the only 2 years where he looked seriously thin. Anyone can dispute it, but I think he was on something in 2009--what, I've no clue.

When I watch Montreux 2009, I think he looks darn good. As healthy as ever. From 2004-2012 he looked really good.

Agreed. However, I'd like to remind everyone that during the 90's, he looked pretty rough sometimes. I remember pics of him pale and extra thin during and post WB battle.

Based on the photos from the Warriors game, he doesn't look like he's wearing make-up. Maybe that has something to do with the difference in coloring.

mnfriend said:

To me, he looks pretty ill at the Warriors game. His coloring is green/ yellow. And my God, on NYE St. Bart. God bless him, I hope he squeezed out every last minute ------- Love to Prince--- [Edited 5/29/17 16:49pm]

CocoRock said:

donnyenglish said:

tigerlilyluv said: When I watch Montreux 2009, I think he looks darn good. As healthy as ever. From 2004-2012 he looked really good.

Agreed. However, I'd like to remind everyone that during the 90's, he looked pretty rough sometimes. I remember pics of him pale and extra thin during and post WB battle.

He also had a lot of fashion faux pas in the mid 1990s too, like from 1993-1995 especially.

206Michelle said:

CocoRock said:

Agreed. However, I'd like to remind everyone that during the 90's, he looked pretty rough sometimes. I remember pics of him pale and extra thin during and post WB battle.

He also had a lot of fashion faux pas in the mid 1990s too, like from 1993-1995 especially.

No argument there!

laurarichardson said: