FANS HAVE BEEN gathering in cities across America to pay tribute and mourn the loss of Prince Rogers Nelson, one of the greatest musical talents the modern world has seen.
The multi-talented performer, otherwise known simply as Prince, passed away at his home in Minneapolis, Minnesota, yesterday.
In Minneapolis itself, fans gathered outside the music venue First Avenue where a silver star carrying the musician’s name has pride of place.
His seminal semi-autobiographical film Purple Rain was filmed at the club.
Meanwhile, the Minnesota Twins baseball team, based in Minneapolis, lit up their stadium Miller Park in Minneapolis with purple screens to acknowledge the passing of a legend.
In New York, director Spike Lee hosted an all-Prince party, and encouraged all those attending to wear nothing but purple in honour of the star.
Prince first came to the world’s attention in the late 1970s and 1980s.
His seminal albums 1999, Purple Rain, and Sign O’ The Times are considered amongst the greatest ever recorded.
Dozens of buildings across the US were lit in the colour purple to celebrate the passing of a legend.
The exact circumstances surrounding the singer’s death are not yet known.
He is understood to have taken ill last week, and cancelled a concert as a result, which he subsequently played a number of days later.
He was found yesterday at his home unresponsive and not breathing.
A post mortem is due to take place later today.
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