A little over four months after David Bowie’s death, the world lost yet another musical genius, the incomparable Prince who died April 21 at the age of 57. Below we take a look at a few noteworthy reflections of journalists on Twitter who continue to pour dismay and sadness of Prince’s untimely death, but also pay tribute to the late star’s outstanding career and reflected on his music, style, persona and more.
Matt Taibbi – Rolling Stone
Goodbye, Prince – You Were the Best of Us | Rolling Stone https://t.co/xYl8YzceUh
— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) April 22, 2016
Jim DeRogatis – Sound Opinions – WBEZ-FM
Prince is gone, but the influence will endure & the music is of course immortal. A special @soundopinions next week.https://t.co/yBEiSezVJB — Jim DeRogatis (@JimDeRogatis) April 21, 2016
Dan Petty – The Denver Post
A look back at Prince’s inimitable funk that glimmered in Denver: https://t.co/KrU8OES5NA via @bruvs — Dan Petty (@danielpetty) April 22, 2016
Mobeen Azhar – Journalist and Filmmaker
Prince has enough unreleased material to drop an album a year for the next 100 years, says @Mobeen_Azhar. https://t.co/cN9VXmmJux #Prince — The Takeaway (@TheTakeaway) April 22, 2016
Lindsey Underwood – The New York Times
We asked readers to tell us what Prince meant to them. Their responses were lovely: https://t.co/H6tfVK9oYc pic.twitter.com/fM51JQDHCD
— Lindsey Underwood (@thunderwooddd) April 22, 2016
Billboard Staff
Prince’s fashion evolution: A look back at his iconoclastic style https://t.co/4oXqHYcIDw pic.twitter.com/SxOeSsYqEf — billboard (@billboard) April 22, 2016
Mo Ryan – Variety
I don’t have a “take” on Prince. I just have a few loving thoughts I wanted to share https://t.co/NeJdhBc7El pic.twitter.com/P4k56zvjxT
— Mo Ryan (@moryan) April 21, 2016
Hua Hsu – The New Yorker
riffed on colors for @NewYorker‘s ever-expanding Prince tribute https://t.co/u3m1qQwMBI — hua hsu (@huahsu) April 22, 2016
Alex Needham – The Guardian US
Our @thrasherxy on how Prince broke all the rules about what black American men should be https://t.co/8pN8PX8luM pic.twitter.com/UApqmRaRk5
— Alex Needham (@alexneedham74) April 21, 2016
NASA
A purple nebula, in honor of Prince, who passed away today. https://t.co/7buFWWExMw pic.twitter.com/ONQDwSQwVa — NASA (@NASA) April 21, 2016
Photo via Prince Twitter
