THEIR MENTOR, THEIR FRIEND, AND
AN IDOL.
ALL RIGHT, REG.
THANK YOU.
THE NEWS OF PRINCE'S DEATH
CAME AS A TOTAL SHOCK.
YEAH.
PEOPLE WERE EXTRAORDINARILY
SURPRISED, AND BEGAN THE
PROCROSS OF MOURNING ALL ACROSS
THE WORLD.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE AT
PAISLEY PARK TRYING TO REMEMBER HIM.
WE WANT TO GIVE YOU YOU THIS
LOOK OF SKY 4. GIVES YOU A
BETTER IDEA OF THE GROUNDS, THE MEDIA,
CROWDS GATHERING THERE AS WELL.
THERE'S A GROWING MEMORIAL
OUTSIDE OF FIRST AVENUE
IN DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS.
SEEMS PEOPLE DO NOT WANT TO BE
ALONE; THEY PREFER TO
BE WITH OTHERS AS THEY REMEMBER
THE MUSICIAN AND TRY
TO ABSORB WHAT'S JUST HAPPENED TODAY.
ASHLEY ROBERTS IS AT FIRST
AVENUE NOW.
WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN OUT IN
CHANHASS,N WITH ESME.
Reporter: WHEN PEOPLE FIRST
HEARD THE NEWS, A
LOT OF THEM WANTED TO COME TO
PAISLEY PARK, THIS IS
BECAUSE, AFTER ALL, WHERE
PRINCE MADE THAT AMAZING MUSIC.
IT'S ALSO WHERE, FOR DECADES,
AS R,G MENTIONED, WILL
WOULD THROW OVER THE CITIES TO
HOST FAN PARTIES,
INCLUDING THE LAST ONE HE
HOSTED WAS JUST FIVE DAYS
AGO.
I COULDN'T STOP CRYING.
Reporter: LONG-TIME PRINCE
FAN DEANNE JANSEN
WAS AMONG THOSE WHO RUSHED TO PAISLEY PARK.
I HAD BEEN A FAN FOR SO MANY YEARS.
Reporter: JANS,N WAS AT A
PRINCE PARTY PRINCE
THREW FOR FANS SATURDAY NIGHT.
I JUST THOUGHT HE LOOKED
FRAIL, REALLY MALE AND
THIN.
BUT HE'S BEEN THIN A LONG TIME.
Reporter: MIKE RANDELL WAS
ALSO AT THE
SATURDAY NIGHT PARTY.
HE'S NOW HAUNTED ABOUT THE
REFERENCE PRINCE MADE
ABOUT THE EMERGENCY LANDING HIS
PLANE HAD MADE
EARLIER.
HE SAID HE WAS OKAY.
HE SAID, "DON'T WASTE YOUR
PRAYERS ON ME.
WAIT A FEW DAYS."
.
Reporter: THROUGHOUT THE
DAY, FANS GATHERED,
SOME BRINGING FLOWERS, OTHERS
TO SHARE THEIR.
WHAT WAS IT YOU'RE GOING TO
MISS THE MOST? .
EVERYTHING.
I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE HE'S GONE.
Reporter: KICK McAUL,Y, THE
FORMER OWNER OF
FLIGHT TIME PRODUCTIONS HAS
BEEN TALKING TO STAFF AT
PAISLEY PARK TO TRY TO FIGURE
OUT WHAT HAPPENED.
TALKED TO ONE OF THE GUYS
WHO WAS IN THE BUILDING
THIS MORNING, ANDREW F,GIER,
AND HE WAS CRYING SO
HARD, HE REALLY COULDN'T TALK ABOUT IT.
BUT HE JUST SAID HE WAS WITH
HIM ALL DAY MONDAY,
MOVING FURNITURE AROUND, AND,
YOU KNOW, PRINCE
SEEMED TO BE ALL RIGHT,
ALTHOUGH HE DIDN'T FEEL
GOOD.
Reporter: WITH SO MANY
QUESTIONS, FANS NOW
ONLY HAVE THEIR GRIEF,
REALIZING THE SUPERSTAR AND
THE SCENE AND PARTIES HE SHARED
AT PAYSLY PARK HAVE ENDED.
IT'S A GREAT -- SO MUCH FUN,
AND THAT'S GONE.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE SAME.
REALLY SPECIAL TIMES.
Reporter: AND I THINK IT'S
THE FACT THAT THIS
SUPERSTAR SHARED SO MUCH OF
HIMSELF WITH THE FANS
HERE IN THE TWIN CITIES.
ACTUALLY, THERE WERE PEOPLE
AROUND THE WORLD THAT
WOULD GO TO THESE FAN PARTIES.
BUT THE FACT HE SHARED SO MUCH
OF HIMSELF MAKES THIS
LOSS SO DEEP AND SO PROFOUND
FOR SO MANY OF THE FANS
THAT HAVE GATHERED HERE.
JUST FEELS MORE PERSONAL,
BECAUSE HE WAS SUCH A
TOUCH POINT TO US.
THANK YOU LIVE FROM CHANHASS,N.
THE CROWDS HAVE BEEN GROWING
STEADILY AT FIRST
AVENUE, DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS
TODAY, THAT ICONIC
HOSTING TO PRINCE.
ASHLEY ROBERTS IS THERE NOW.
ASHLEY, I CAN SEE A BIG CROWDED MEMORIAL BEHIND YOU.
Reporter: OH YES, INDEED.
THE RAIN HASN'T SLOWED DOWN.
THE NUMBER OF FANS COMING TO
FIRST AVENUE TO PAY
THEIR RESPECTS IN HONOR OF
PRINCE, MANY OF THEM HAVE
BEEN HERE SINCE 1:00 THIS AFTERNOON.
THEY EVEN LEFT PICTURES OF THE
ANNEX TO HIS STAR
HERE ON THE BUILDING OF FIRST AVENUE.
WHEN THE NEWS BROKE PRINCE HAS
PASSED AWAY, DOZENS
OF FANS CAME HERE TO REMEMBER
HIS LIFE, SHINE A
SPOTLIGHT ON HIS LEGACY.
THE DAY HAS BEEN FILLED WITH
SMILES AS FANS RECALL
HIS MUSICAL INFLUENCE AND TEARS
AS THE REALIZATION
PRINCE IS GONE SETS IN.
THEY CREATED THIS MEMORIAL,
FLOWERS, CARDS, AND
CANDLES SHOW THE CONNECTION
PRINCE SHARED WITH HIS
FANS.
PRINCE IS THE HEARTBEAT OF MINNESOTA.
SO THE MUSIC COMMUNITY, I KNOW
THERE WILL BE LOT OF
TEARS AND PROBABLY MORE
GATHERINGS IN THE DAYS AND WEEKS TO COME.
I HOPE WE CAN RECOVER FROM
THIS.
Reporter: MANY OF THE FANS
I SPOKE WITH TODAY
NOW IN THEIR 0S AND 40s
REMEMBER GROWING UP AND
LISTENING TO PRINCE.
I'M ALSO A BIG FAN OF PRINCE
THANKS TO MY PARENTS.
SO THAT JUST GOES TO SHOW
PRINCE'S MUSIC HAD NO
LIMITS.