Obituaries
-
Donatella Versace reacts to death of friend, Prince
Apr 22, 2016 7:00 am - MILAN (AP) - Italian fashion designer Donatella Versace says she's mourning the death of Prince, one of her closest friends, who has died after collapsing in an elevator...
-
The Latest: Tributes to Prince spring up across the US
Apr 22, 2016 7:00 am - CHANHASSEN, Minn. (AP) - The Latest on the death of pop superstar Prince (all times local): 1 a.m. Tributes to Prince are springing up across the country, on buildings, ...
-
Guitarist, singer Lonnie Mack dies at age 74 in Tennessee
Apr 22, 2016 7:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Guitarist and singer Lonnie Mack, whose instrumental recordings influenced guitar players including Stevie Ray Vaughan, has died in Nashville, Te...
-
Prince and sports: Music in blood, basketball in his heart
Apr 22, 2016 7:00 am - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Prince had music in his blood. Basketball was in his heart. "I really believe that was his first love," said Al Nuness, his coach at Minneapolis Centr...
-
A synthesizer of sounds, Prince 'rewrote the rulebook'
Apr 22, 2016 7:00 am - CHANHASSEN, Minn. (AP) - Prince could play guitar like Carlos Santana or Jimi Hendrix, sing like James Brown, turn out pop melodies worthy of Motown or lay down the deep...
-
Publicist: Pop superstar Prince dies at his Minnesota home
Apr 21, 2016 7:00 am - CHANHASSEN, Minn. (AP) - Prince, one of the most inventive and influential musicians of modern times with hits including "Little Red Corvette," ''Let's Go Crazy" and "Wh...
-
A day with Prince at Paisley Park
Apr 21, 2016 7:00 am - CHANHASSEN, Minn. (AP) - In September 2014, Associated Press Global Entertainment Editor Nekesa Mumbi Moody spent a day with Prince at Paisley Park. The following story ...
-
Prince, hugely inventive, influential musician, dead at 57
Apr 21, 2016 7:00 am - CHANHASSEN, Minn. (AP) - Prince could play guitar like Carlos Santana or Jimi Hendrix, sing like James Brown, turn out pop melodies worthy of Motown or lay down the deep...
-
A Prince on screen, from 'Purple Rain' to 'Graffiti Bridge'
Apr 21, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Flamboyant, expressive and larger than life despite his diminutive stature, Prince fit perfectly in Hollywood. He won an Oscar, starred in a big-scree...
-
Former Syracuse star Pearl Washington dies at 52
Apr 21, 2016 7:00 am - SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - There was a gleam that shone through the sorrowful tears in Jim Boeheim's eyes as he recalled the first time he saw Pearl Washington play. It was W...