RIP

[lovinghaleyr]

Really bad,bad year by the artist world

[midnightblues]

Really bad,bad year by the artist world

Yes it is

[Miguel]

Wow! That's a lot of folk who are confusing Prince with Freddie Mercury. I wonder why.

VOX: "More than any performer since Freddie Mercury, Prince embraced and united the subversive, queer aesthetics of glam performance culture with historical rock roots"

[john]

I have thought that Prince modeled some of his looks after Little Richard, one who also crossed sexual boundaries decades ago.

[My Alter Ego]

I have thought that Prince modeled some of his looks after Little Richard, one who also crossed sexual boundaries decades ago.

This seems more realistic to me, than a Mercury comparison.

Just read this article (http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/22/entertainm...index.html) on CNN. I had not realized that Michael Jackson and Prince were the same age.

[john]

[john]

Prince’s first manager reflects on the music icon’s early days

UCLA Extension’s Owen Husney: ‘I handled the business, my wife and I made him breakfast. We were a family’

http://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/princes...early-days

[john]

Muhammad Ali: Boxing legend dies aged 74

“It's hard to be humble when you're as great as I am."

On February 11, 2012, Haley, Slash and Myles performed the Rolling Stones classic on a nationally televised broadcast to celebrate Muhammad Ali's 70th Birthday in Las Vegas

[midnightblues]

WE lost the champ but I'm happy that Haley got to sing on his behalf, and to meet him. Sting like a bee, float like a butterfly.He was the greatest . RIP

[john]

The New York Times has an excellent video with their article.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/04/sports...p=cur&_r=0