{"id":119434,"date":"2016-04-21T21:18:18","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T19:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/119434\/prince-dies-at-age-57\/"},"modified":"2016-04-21T21:18:18","modified_gmt":"2016-04-21T19:18:18","slug":"prince-dies-at-age-57","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/lifestyle-news\/entertainment-news\/2016\/04\/21\/prince-dies-at-age-57\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince dies at age 57"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Musical genius and legendary performer, singer, instrumentalist, songwriter and producer Prince was found dead at his home on Thursday, 21 April.<\/p>\n<p>His publicist Yvette Noel-Schure said: &#8220;It is with profound sadness that I am confirming that the legendary, iconic performer, Prince Rogers Nelson, has died at his Paisley Park residence this morning at the age of 57.\u201d<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>US media reported that police were called to a medical emergency at his Paisley Park estate earlier on Thursday and an investigation is under way.<\/p>\n<div class='tie-fluid-width-video-wrapper tie-ignore-fitvid' style='margin-bottom: 30px;'>\n\t\t\t<iframe style='width: 100%; min-height: 300px; aspect-ratio: 16\/9;' src='https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/0PJIpLHEIJY' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>Noel-Shure also added: &#8220;There are no further details as to the cause of death at this time.&#8221;<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The superstar, who was still performing up until last week, was taken to hospital but was discharged.<\/p>\n<p>Prince became a global superstar in the 1980s, with albums such as <em>1999, Purple Rain <\/em>and <em>Sign O&#8217; the Times.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>His innovative sound spanned across genres with influences of rock, funk and jazz. He sold more than 100 million records during his career and was inducted in the Rock \u2018n Roll Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<p>There has been an outpour of love for the singer on Twitter:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today is the worst day ever. Prince R.I.P I am crying!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Boy George (@BoyGeorge) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BoyGeorge\/status\/723199431118606337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#39;m Crushed!! UK news reporting Prince Is Dead?! For Real?! Massive Loss for us all! What a Genius! Speechless.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Samuel L. Jackson (@SamuelLJackson) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SamuelLJackson\/status\/723197867800813569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Trevornoah\/status\/723226938790273024<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/ParisJackson\/status\/723226529304453121<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">And just like that&#8230;the world lost a lot of magic \u2728 Rest in peace Prince! Thanks for giving us so much&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; KATY PERRY (@katyperry) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/katyperry\/status\/723197982481375232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='a938687449db90add211338244c6dafd'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tributes have been pouring in all over social media after news that legendary singer Prince died at his home at age 57.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7783,"featured_media":119435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Caxton Central","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3686],"tags":[10749,10750,10751,10752],"class_list":["post-119434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment-news","category-lifestyle-news","tag-prince","tag-purple-rain","tag-the-artist-formerly-known-as","tag-the-symbol"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Lifestyle","SubCategory":"Entertainment"},"tag_labels":["Prince","Purple Rain","the Artist Formerly Known As","The Symbol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7783"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}