The musical genius, Prince has passed away at age 57

April 21, 2016

Prince Rogers Nelson

June 7, 1958 – April 21, 2016

It is sad news to report that the musical genius known as Prince has passed away at age 57. It is reported that he passed away at his Paisley Park compound in Minnesota early Thursday morning, April 21st. Prince had been battling the flu last week and had a medical emergency on April 15th that forced his private jet to make an emergency landing in Illinois. He did make an appearance the next day to assure fans he was okay.

It is another hard hit to the music community and we are deeply saddened by the loss of Prince. His music was loved by so many as people loved him regardless of what their musical preferences were. We are a generation who grow up on Prince as well as grew up with him. Our prayers and condolences go out to his family and friends as well as to all the fans who loved him.

People have often commented to me about how hard fans take the loss of a musician. It is not hard to understand that these musicians all hold such great places in our hearts. Their music is part of our past. Each song can hold a specific memory of a time and place in our lives, so we are also mourning the loss of those memories. They are forever changed. The musician who brought us the emotion of each of those memories has passed away. They are just a part of our lives as family or friends. See, they were the best friend who was there for us in our dark times to console us. They were the friend who was there with us in our times of celebration, they were there with us with our heartbreaks, first kiss, first love, first loss. They were part of our lives. So it is not to difficult to understand, that yes, we do take it hard and we do mourn for the loss of them. After all, they were that friend and with their loss, we lost a little piece of ourselves.

I will leave you with my top 15 favorite Prince songs. Each one brings such a specific memory to life: