Vale Prince: end of a purple reign

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

22 Apr 2016

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 is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM, and serves as the Chair of La Mama Theatre's volunteer Committee of Management. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and was awarded the status of Melbourne Fringe Living Legend in 2017. In 2020 he was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. Most recently, Richard was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Green Room Awards Association in June 2021. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts