LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-APR 21, 2020…PRINCE WAS 57 WHEN HE WAS FOUND ALONE AND UNRESPONSIVE IN HIS PAISLEY PARK STUDIO COMPOUND ON APRIL 21, 2016. AN AUTOPSY SHOWED PRINCE HAD DIED OF AN ACCIDENTAL OVERDOSE OF FENTANYL, A SYNTHETIC OPIOID 50 TIMES MORE LETHAL THAN HEROIN. DURING HIS LIFETIME, PRINCE SOLD OVER 100 MILLION RECORDS, AND HAD AMASSED A FORTUNE OF OVER 300 MILLION DOLLARS. AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH, PRINCE DIED WITHOUT A WILL. RELATIVES THAT HAD NEVER HAD ANY FORM OF CONNECTION WITH PRINCE STARTING LINING UP FOR A PIECE OF THE FORTUNE. OVER A YEAR AFTER HIS DEATH, A JUDGE RULED THAT HIS HEIRS WERE HIS SISTER, AND FIVE HALF SIBLINGS. HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE 7 GRAMMY AWARDS, 6 AMA AWARDS, 4 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS, AN ACADEMY AWARD, AND ONE GOLDEN GLOBE. HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME IN 2004.
RIP PRINCE. HERE’S AN INCREDIBLE LIVE VERSION OF WHAT’S IN MY OPINION, THE THE DEFINITIVE PRINCE SONG. ENJOY!
photo props-Scott Penner