Vale Prince: end of a purple reign

The innovative guitarist, showman and singer-songwriter has died aged 57.

22 Apr 2016 12:00

Richard Watts

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Music icon Prince, born Prince Rogers Nelson in 1958, has died of unknown causes.

His unresponsive body was found in an elevator at his Paisley Park Studios compound, which included his home, in the Minneapolis suburb of Chanhassen on Thursday morning local time.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts