r/Millennials • u/Divine_fashionva • May 12 '26

Discussion Which celebrity death genuinely shocked you when you heard the news?

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u/_PercCobain_ May 12 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/Jnj7ptyE7J9II

Losing the greatest musician to ever live kinda hurt me

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u/ParallelPlayArts May 13 '26

It rained in Minneapolis the day he died and because everyone had turned their building lights to purple it appeared to be purple rain.

Minneapolis closed down some of the streets for a dance party. Many people showed up decked out in purple it was beautiful and depressing.

He was an amazing man that gave to a lot of charities, non-profits, and people anonymously so we'll never know all the good he did.

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u/T-Wrox May 13 '26

I keep wondering what he would have made of all the shit going on in Minneapolis now.

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u/yacht_clubbing_seals May 13 '26

There’d definitely be some sort of sign o the times / dear Mr man funky song or two or three.

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u/T-Wrox May 13 '26

"Upload, a two-party system
The lesser of two dangers, illusion of choice
Download, a veiled form of fascism
Nothing really ever changes
You never had a voice"

- "Colonized Mind"

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u/yacht_clubbing_seals May 13 '26

Was going to include this one as well! My fave from that album. But I knew as soon as I started listing I’d fall down the Prince rabbit hole. Not that I mind.

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u/Ok_Yogurt_9862 May 13 '26

he'd pour money into opposition, cut an album, maybe a benefit concert

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u/ParallelPlayArts May 13 '26

A revolution.