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Sadly Prince Rogers Nelson has passed away today aged 57 allegedly of AIDS. Sources say he contracted HIV in the 90's which he kept private. He turned his faith to the Jehovah Witness religion who have strong views on medicine and believed God can cure. HIV/AIDS has yet to be confirmed officially as the cause of death.

http://www.smobserved.com/story/2016/04/22/news/prince-is-dead-sources-say-hivaids/1258.html
Do these writers fact check their stories? As far as I am aware the only medical treatment Jehovahs refuse is blood transfusions. I've never heard of them being against medecine.
 

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Do these writers fact check their stories? As far as I am aware the only medical treatment Jehovahs refuse is blood transfusions. I've never heard of them being against medecine.
You are correct. This 'journalist' is talking out of their ass.
 

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New info about Prince:

Prince treated for drug overdose days before death

http://www.tmz.com/2016/04/21/prince-treated-drug-overdose-dead/

I had read that he changed his lifestyle since he became a JW,
so I'm surprised to hear that he was doing drugs. Could he have been a heroin addict? (he was given a "save shot" to counteract opiates).
Or maybe he developed an addiction to Oxycontin from use for pain. There were frequent trips to the pharmacy and there was talk that he needed two hip replacements.
Further to this, I heard that after he was treated for an OD doctor's wanted to keep him in hospital for 24 hours. They requested a private room but there wasn't one available so he was back on the plane within 3 hours. Starting to sound like it was complications from an OD. Sad!
 

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This one was a huge shock to me. When someone first told me I didn't believe them. Always loved Prince and wanted badly to see him in concert. :(
 

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He probably has enough music recorded and stashed in his vault to put out a hundred more albums, if not more. It will be interesting hear what's in there.

A quote from a 2014 interview:

"I've never said this before but I didn't always give the record companies the best song. There are songs in the vault that no one's ever heard. There are several vaults; it's not just one vault."


http://www.rollingstone.com/music/n...ne-interview-i-dont-think-about-gone-20160422
 

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A quote from a 2014 interview:

"I've never said this before but I didn't always give the record companies the best song. There are songs in the vault that no one's ever heard. There are several vaults; it's not just one vault."


http://www.rollingstone.com/music/n...ne-interview-i-dont-think-about-gone-20160422
Wow, I bet there's some amazing songs in there!

Sounds like he was popping Percocets for hip pain. Accidental OD.

"Serious adverse reactions which may occur with Percocet are similar to those observed with other opioid analgesics; they include respiratory depression, apnea (periodic stop of breathing), respiratory arrest, circulatory depression, hypotension (low blood pressure), shock, and death."

If you get a chance, check this out. Prince - Live At Webster Hall 2004 (Acoustic Set)

I've only seen it on Facebook (can't find it on YouTube) but you should be able to Google it. It's an amazing performance!
 

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The reporter who claimed Prince had AIDS should take an Ex-Lax.

I followed up on the epilepsy story and it's true, due to the drugs he was on to control it, the likelihood that the flu did him in becomes very real.

It also explains his stage persona and his ability reel off primal screams in his songs.

https://patients.aan.com/go/prince
 

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The reporter who claimed Prince had AIDS should take an Ex-Lax.

I followed up on the epilepsy story and it's true, due to the drugs he was on to control it, the likelihood that the flu did him in becomes very real.

It also explains his stage persona and his ability reel off primal screams in his songs.

https://patients.aan.com/go/prince
Not sounding like the flu now. Too many Percocets.
 

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I don't know what's the big deal about him. Personally, I could never really get past his high heels. He wrote a couple of decent songs, but the rest doesn't even qualify for an elevator. All my girlfriends, in my teenage years, had bedrooms plastered with his posters, though.
 
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Although it is possible for someone to die of epilepsy, if they swallow their tongue, or fall and bang their head causing brain hemorrhage but I don't see this being a death caused by epilepsy, not after dealing with it for 57 years and then all of a sudden he dies from it . By the sounds of it, reports show he was ill a week prior to his death so something is tied to that imo.
 
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I don't know what's the big deal about him. Personally, I could never really get past his high heels. He wrote a couple of decent songs, but the rest doesn't even qualify for an elevator. All my girlfriends, in my teenage years, had bedrooms plastered with his posters, though.
He wrote a lot more songs than you may realize. He gave a LOT of music away to other artists, under pseudonyms, and a bunch of his giveaways became hits in their own right.

I actually didn't realize until he died and I read these obit articles that he was the songwriter behind Sinead O'Connor's "Nothing Compares 2 U", that he wrote "Manic Mondays" for the Bangles, and a whole lot of other shit.

I was never a big fan of him, but you gotta recognize that he had talent. Not many artists are as prolific in producing music as he was. The guy played six or seven instruments fantastically well, wrote a zillion songs, and constantly changed his musical style. Not many can do that. It's real talent.
 

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This is very disturbing, considering how talented he was. Maybe you might not have liked him, but to make fun of him on his death bed is very low!!!!
On that note !!! Watch this guy perform and you tell me he has no talent.

 

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He wrote a lot more songs than you may realize. He gave a LOT of music away to other artists, under pseudonyms, and a bunch of his giveaways became hits in their own right.

I actually didn't realize until he died and I read these obit articles that he was the songwriter behind Sinead O'Connor's "Nothing Compares 2 U", that he wrote "Manic Mondays" for the Bangles, and a whole lot of other shit.

I was never a big fan of him, but you gotta recognize that he had talent. Not many artists are as prolific in producing music as he was. The guy played six or seven instruments fantastically well, wrote a zillion songs, and constantly changed his musical style. Not many can do that. It's real talent.
This.

Prince was prolific in the truest sense of the word. I'd challenge anyone to suggest a comparison to Prince not just in hit records but in volume of material and impact o the industry, including his impact on other artists.

There simply is none. You don't have to like his music to understand his impact.
 

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This is very disturbing, considering how talented he was. Maybe you might not have liked him, but to make fun of him on his death bed is very low!!!!
Some of you guys need to relax with the whole "respect the dead" thing. Prince himself found this sketch funny but because he died it no longer is?

The dead know nothing. This sketch is a part of Prince lore now. Relax.
 
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Some of you guys need to relax with the whole "respect the dead" thing. Prince himself found this sketch funny but because he died it no longer is?

The dead know nothing. This sketch is a part of Prince lore now. Relax.
Your the one who should relax, I just found it inappropriate thats all.
 
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