BBC Sherlock Fan Forum - Serving Sherlockians since February 2012 / When a beloved celebrity dies

**Posted by Yitzock** April 21, 2016 6:35 pm

I know, it's been quite a year. Prince was only 57! I just saw the news. We were all surprised.

**Posted by besleybean** April 21, 2016 6:36 pm

Only a few years older than me!

**Posted by This Is The Phantom Lady** April 21, 2016 6:40 pm

Okay, this year is officially on the top 3 of my worst years.

Rest in peace, Prince.

**Posted by besleybean** April 21, 2016 6:41 pm

Certainly running for the title of annus horribilis.

**Posted by This Is The Phantom Lady** April 21, 2016 7:02 pm

I don't even know how to react to be honest... Prince was a big part of my life from my early teens... such an inspiration... such a distraction... just...

I hadn't even imagined this day coming.

**Posted by besleybean** April 21, 2016 7:07 pm

Too soon.

**Posted by tonnaree** April 21, 2016 8:08 pm

Prince did not die, he's just gone home to his original plane of existence.

Grateful I got the chance to see him live several times. He was an amazing artist and a true original.

**Posted by besleybean** April 21, 2016 8:15 pm

Listening to him now...
Heck I wish I could have seen him live.

**Posted by This Is The Phantom Lady** April 21, 2016 8:26 pm

I was about to get a ticket last time he was here... I didn't, and I always thought I'd have another chance...

**Posted by Mattlocked** April 21, 2016 8:33 pm

It's always like that.
Never wait for another chance.

**Posted by This Is The Phantom Lady** April 21, 2016 9:41 pm

I just realized I would probably never have met my best friend, or any of my current friends if not for Prince (or Michael Jackson)...

I was bullied a lot through my life... but after discovering MJ and Prince I started to experiment with my look and style... It actually made things a bit easier... I could convince myself people were only staring or making fun of my clothes or hair... I am still a bit of a punk, and I never really follow the fashion trends... though I admit I've slowed down a bit.

I met my best friend because of my clothes... my former 'friend's friends didn't really want me around, so I chose to have lunch alone in school... my best friend found me, and didn't want a fellow 'alternative' person to sit alone... and she demanded I sat at her table and had my lunch there... that's 8 years ago, and we're best friends now and so, so close... (despite me genuinely being dead scared of her the first day).

**Posted by tonnaree** April 21, 2016 10:24 pm

His last concerts were here in Atlanta last week. A friend and I tried to get tickets but there was such demand that the server crashed! One of my cousins got to go to the show. To think to have been there and then this happen.

**Posted by Whisky** April 22, 2016 12:35 am

I can accept people die. But doesn't mean I'll ever get used to it. Sudden deaths of not-so-old people, it's really happening too often.
Makes me sad, to hear the news.
the music gave me a sense of trancendence. I crave that in music. And whoever can evoke such a feeling through music, is a great artist imo.

**Posted by Russell** April 22, 2016 3:29 am

I… wait, …what?? That's insane… and so sorry to hear.
Just like Bowie, Prince was another one of those artists I had of course heard a lot about and knew as a legend, but felt bad never really got into his music (but at least with Bowie I knew a few more of his hits). May need to brush up a little on that...

**Posted by besleybean** April 22, 2016 5:29 am

You need to check them out.
Both unique, multi-talented , creative people.

**Posted by gently69** April 22, 2016 8:34 am

Another one I grew up with died. Dear Lord, it's really enough for this year.

Found something... nice (well, probably not the word) moving... somehow touching... on twitter.
It's from a German comedian... Carolin Kebekus.
"Prince ist tot? WTF! Wenn es Gott wirklich gibt, stellt der sich da oben aber gerade ne geile Band zusammen..."

Translated (something like):
"Prince is dead? WTF! (needs no Translation) If god really exists, he is assembling a cool band up there."

I believe, she is absolutely right!

**Posted by Yitzock** April 22, 2016 1:08 pm

Ha-ha. That's a nice bit of humour for a sad piece of news.

**Posted by besleybean** April 22, 2016 4:43 pm

Well, I guess people cope in their own ways.

**Posted by Russell** April 22, 2016 4:57 pm

besleybean wrote:
You need to check them out.
Both unique, multi-talented , creative people.

Oh, I didn't mean I wasn't familiar at all with Bowie! Again, didn't grow up listening to or follow as a fan, mainly knowing him from some movie roles but at least still heard a good handful of hits I enjoyed, before re-brushing up recently. Prince, on the other hand, aside from his image/symbolry and Purple Rain, knew almost next to nothing about. One of the shared-around clips I came across was him doing the Super Bowl halftime show… and it was pouring rain. And he apparently even quipped to someone it was no big deal… can they make it rain harder? And how -good- he was on the guitar. Just wow.

**Posted by Davina** April 24, 2016 7:42 pm

Prince. Truly gifted. Eric Clapton when asked what it was like being the best guitarist in the world replied, 'I don't know. Ask Prince'. This says it all. Incredibly sad.