WELCOME BACK TO OUR
CONTINUING COVERAGE.
I TELL YOU IT IS A PUNCH TO THE
GUT AND I THINK WE ALL ARE
COLLECTIVELY TRYING TO GET IT
TOGETHER HERE HEARING THAT
PRINCE , THE KIND OF GUY YOU
THOUGHT WAS INVINCIBLE AND YOU
COULD NEVER PICTURE THE WORLD
IN THE TWIN CITIES THAT WOULD
NOT HAVE PRINCE IS A PART OF
IT BUT THE NEWS IS COMING
CONFIRMED WITH THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS AND HIS PUBLICIST THAT
PRINCE ROGERS NELSON HAS DIED
AT PAISLEY PARK THIS MORNING .
A BIG POLICE RESPONSE ON THE
SCENE OF COURSE CERTAINLY
PEOPLE FEARED THE WORST IS WE
FIRST GOT WORD THAT THERE WAS A
MEDICAL EMERGENCY AT PAISLEY
PARK EARLIER THIS MORNING.
AND OUR REG CHAPMAN WAS ONE OF
THE FIRST ON THE SCENE AND HE
JOINS US NOW FROM OUTSIDE OF
PAISLEY PARK WHERE FANS ARE
BROUGHT MINING UP.
Reporter: THEY REALLY ARE,
IT IS A VERY SAD DAY HERE, IF
YOU CAN LOOK TO THE LEFT OF ME,
YOU'LL SEE THAT FANS ARE
STARTING TO CONSOLE ONE
ANOTHER.
THEY ARE ALL HERE GATHERED AT
THE PLACE WHERE A LOT OF THE
MET PRINCE FOR THE FIRST TIME
HERE IT PAISLEY PARK IS A SITE
WHERE HIS HOME STUDIO WAS WITH
A LOT OF CONCERTS, GATHERINGS
AND GET-TOGETHERS, HE MADE IT
VERY OPEN FOR ALL OF THE FANS
IN THAT WAY PEOPLE HERE SO
DEVASTATED BECAUSE MANY OF THE
FANS SAID THEY FELT MORE LIKE
FAMILY THAN FANS.
HE MADE THEM FEEL WELCOME
INSIDE HIS HOME AND STUDIO
EVERY TIME HE HAD AN EVENT.
RIGHT NOW INSIDE THE STUDIOS
UNFORTUNATELY IS A MEDICAL
EXAMINER AND THE CRIME LAB.
THEY ARE PROCESSING THE AREA
THEY HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE ABOUT
10 AM, 9:45 AM THIS MORNING IS
WHEN CARVER COUNTY SHERIFF'S
DEPUTIES WERE CALLED FOR A
MEDICAL EMERGENCY AND IT WAS A
SHORT TIME AFTER THAT THAT A
MEMBER OF THE CARVER COUNTY
SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT CAME OUT
AND TOLD US THERE WAS A
DECEASED PERSON INSIDE.
SPECULATION GREW THROUGHOUT THE
MORNING AND HIS FANS STARTED TO
COME UP IN THE CONFIRMATION
FROM HIS PUBLICIST THAT IT IS
PRINCE DEAD AT THE AGE OF 57 .
AS YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE CONTINUE
TO COME IN CARS ARE LINING UP
ALONG THE STREET AS FANS COME
TO BE IN THE CEILING ANOTHER
AND PEOPLE ARE TOTALLY SHOCKED.
JUST SATURDAY PRINTS OUT A
PARTY HERE PAISLEY PARK AND HE
WAS SHOWING UP AND SHOWING OFF
A GUITAR, INTRODUCED NEW MUSIC
AND WENT BACK TO BED AND THAT
IS WHY SO MANY PEOPLE WERE
SHOCKED THAT TODAY THAT THEY
LEARN HE IS NO LONGER WITH US,
PRINCE DEAD AT THE AGE OF 57
. I TELL YOU WHAT, JUST ABOUT
200 PEOPLE THAT DANCE PARTY AT
PAISLEY PARK ON SATURDAY AND 70
PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE TWIN
CITIES HAVE OFTEN SAID A BUCKET
LIST ITEM, IF I CAN GET TO
PAISLEY PARK TO SLEEP PRINCE ,
AND THOSE 200 PEOPLE, FROM WHAT
JOHN AT THE STAR TRIBUNE
REPORT, PRINCE PERFORMED A
LITTLE BIT AND PLAYED ON A
BRANDED HIM - A BRAND-NEW
PURPLE PIANO OF COURSE, IT WAS
NOTEWORTHY AND HE WAS EXCITED
TO USE THAT'S RECORD NEW
MUSIC. AND SOME OF THE FANS
HERE NOW WERE THERE ON SATURDAY
AS YOU CAN TELL THE
INTERSECTION IS BECOMING VERY
BUSY BECAUSE CARS ARE JUST
STOPPING BY.
A LOT OF PEOPLE TELL ME THEY
WERE INSIDE SATURDAY AND IT WAS
A GREAT TIME, AND LIKE I SAID
EARLIER, HE MAKES THE FANS FEEL
LIKE FAMILY WHICH IS WHY SO
MANY ARE GATHERED TODAY JUST TO
COME TOGETHER TO GRIEVE THE
LOSS OF PRINCE . I KNOW THAT
YOU'RE QUITE THE MUSIC FAN AND
QUITE THE FAN OF PRINCE AS
WELL AND WE HAVE TALKED A LOT
ABOUT THE CONCERT THAT YOU
YOURSELF HAVE ATTENDED THERE AT
PAISLEY PARK AND CAN YOU TELL
US ABOUT YOUR CONNECTION TO HIM
AND HIS MUSIC? I GREW UP
LISTENING TO PRINCE EMMA I
REMEMBER SPEAKING OUT TO THE
THEATER AND WATCHING IT EIGHT
TIMES BEFORE MY FATHER CAUGHT
ME.
HE SPOKE TO A GENERATION.
IT WAS US WHO HELPED THEM GROW
IN POPULARITY BECAUSE WE LOVED
HIS MUSIC SO MUCH BECAUSE HE
WAS DIFFERENT.
HE SPOKE FOR MS. HART PEOPLE
LOVED HIS MUSIC.
AND THEN HE HAD THE DANCE MUSIC
THAT MADE YOU WANT TO MOVE.
I WAS FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO
HAVE MET HIM BECAUSE MY
RELATIONSHIP WITH DAVE CHAPELLE
FROM HIS A BIG FAN OF PRINCE
AND DAVE TOLD ME THAT PRINCE IS
ONE OF HIS BIGGEST SUPPORTERS
AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN . I TEXTED
HIM TO GIVE THEM THE
INFORMATION A BIT AGO AND I GOT
THE :-) ICON, HE IS NOT DOING
WELL WITH THIS NEWS AS WELL AS
OTHER FANS.
THEY ARE STILL HERE GATHERED
AND HUGGING, LOTS OF TEARS,
PEOPLE ARE STILL TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT WHY AND HOW.
WILL WAIT TO GET THOSE
QUESTIONS ANSWERED FROM THE
MEDICAL EXAMINER'S. JUST A