Today the world lost an icon. Prince was found dead in his Paisley Park home in Minnesota today at age 57. It was being reported that Prince has been battling the flu over the course of the last week or so and today the world mourns. While many artist build a fan base that when they pass away, their fans are heavily affected, but there are a select few that pass and the world stops. Prince was one of those artist that can stop the world and his death has done that today. Many are mourning across the world and President Obama and his Michelle, have decided to pay their respects to the icon with a statement released.
Statement from President Obama on the death of Prince: “Today, the world lost a creative icon.” pic.twitter.com/W6j5AALmMH
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) April 21, 2016