Prince dead at 57

The artist known as Prince has died at the age of 57, various news outlets are reporting.

“Prince’s body was discovered at his Paisley Park compound in Minnesota early Thursday morning,” TMZ reports. “Multiple sources connected to the singer confirmed he had passed. We’ve obtained the 911 call deputies received for a ‘male down, not breathing.'”

“The singer — full name Prince Rogers Nelson — had a medical emergency on April 15th that forced his private jet to make an emergency landing in Illinois. But he appeared at a concert the next day to assure his fans he was okay,” TMZ reports. “His people told TMZ he was battling the flu.”

We expect Apple’s iTunes Store and Apple Music charts to soon reflect the prolific Prince’s passing as, typically, an artist’s death, especially at such a relatively young age, creates much interest in their work.

Several fan websites dedicated to Prince are currently unresponsive, likely due to heavy traffic.

Currently, there is nothing on iTunes Store’s or Apple Music’s home pages to indicate Price’s passing, but we expect Apple will do so shortly, as they did for Michael Jackson and other major artists upon their deaths.

TMZ’s full article here.

MacDailyNews Take: R.I.P., Prince.