His music was the backdrop to a lot of my earlier life, particularly in the 1980s and early 1990s and I still enjoy it. (Enough so that I have continued from time to time to buy his music.) So much talent, and complexity wrapped up in one person. He was also part of my generation and his sudden death hits close to home in uncomfortably personal ways.
So much lip service is given to those iconic individuals who unexpectedly pass while countless other souls pass quietly out of existence unremarked. Despite all of this I am affected by his death.
I will miss the opportunity of new music and tiny insights into who this person was, not that any of us will ever really know. He was a consummate entertainer, and an actual human being who contributed in many areas outside of his art.
RIP Prince.