– Heartbreak –
Grieving fans around the world took to wearing purple – Prince’s signature colour – in his honour.
Those milling about outside his studio complex to pay their respects placed flowers and handwritten messages at the scene, which has become a place of pilgrimage.
“Broken-hearted. The end of an era,” said Jodi Surnix, 45.
“It’s almost like a photo album, his music, that you just can recall all these great times.”
The Canadian school bus driver said she cranked Prince up on the stereo for the kids when she drove them home after news broke of the singer’s untimely death Thursday afternoon.
In turn, Prince’s staff delivered 50 boxes of pizza to fans.
Many in Minneapolis said how proud they were of the city’s native son, and how saddened they were by the thought he died alone, as well as by the suggestion his death could be linked to an overdose of painkillers.
“I’m sad that he died alone because he was such a people person,” said Barb Ruhl, a 65-year-old retired administrative worker.
Cindy Legg, a 41-year-old nurse, said: “Hopefully it was just God needed him in heaven.”
Entertainment website TMZ, citing unnamed sources, reported that Prince was treated last week for an overdose of Percocet after a show in Atlanta, when his private jet made an unscheduled landing in Moline, Illinois.
The report could not immediately be verified.
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