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new tonight, america remembers an icon. we have just learned an autopsy will be conducted on prince's body tomorrow, this, after he was found dead in his minnesota estate known as paisley park at just 57 years old. the website tmz.com, the outlet that first broke the news published an explosive report. saying that prince was treated for a drug overdose just six days before his death. you may have heard reps claimed he had been battling the flu but
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performed a week ago in atlanta. afterward, his plane was on route to minnesota when it made an emergency landing in illinois. prince was reportedly treated in a hospital before he left. tmz reports he was given something there called a save shot, typically used to counter act effects of an opiate. fans told worried fans to wait a few days before wasting prayers on him. days later, he would be dead. tmz obtaining this emergency dispatch call. it is choppy in places. this is the best version we've been able to produce so far. listen.
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we have live cameras out and have been scrambling some of the best in the country. we have former lapd detective mark furman and low levy. we begin with the organization that broke the news. the executive producer of tmz.com. tell us what the latest is. >> when we broke the story last friday he was rushed to the hospital, his people told us he had the flu and it did not make sense to us. i'll tell you why. he'd just performed in atlanta, d did a very good concert, his voice was great. he seemed great. jumped on a plane, an hour and a half later, 48 minutes from his final destination in minnesota, the plane is diverted and makes
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an emergency landing and he is rushed to the hospital by ambulance. his people sai the flu, it stopped us in our tracks. we thought why won't he tough it out 48 minutes and be in his home? they said it was the flu, they treated him and he left. we're told they made an emergency landing because of radio calls indicating that he may have had a drug overdose, and that they -- it was so serious, they gave him treatment at the airport on the tarmac, then took him to the hospital in the emergency room. they gave him the same shot you referred to, and then, the doctors recommended, we're told, he stay for 24 hours. his people then said he needs a private room. the doctors informed them there was no private room in the hospital, and they said we're out of here, then, and the doctors advised against it, said it's a bad idea.
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but they took him, brought him back to the airport and took him home. so, that is the story we're getting from multiple people, it was not the flu but he was treated for what they said was a drug overdose. >> when you look at the circumstances of today's report, they said he had the flu, still, and that he died in an elevator. so what are you hearing about the circumstances of his death today? >> well, you know, look. you hear a lot. we haven't posted most of it because we're trying to confirm various things. the curious thing, megyn is that if he had the flu, usually people who have the flu are kind of down low, and then, they gradually get better. with prince, he was bouncing back and forth because remember, in atlanta, he was great. an hour and a half later, having a life-threatening problem, the next day, he is great again because he went to paisley park,
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held a dance party and then, walked up to the crowd and addressed them and everybody was there said he looked great, he sounded great, and you know, that is not consistent with somebody who has the flu. on top of that, during all of this, he had four visits to his local walgreens pharmacy, and that is not particularly unusual except he had someone else go inside. he was in the car. we have a picture of him last night in the parking lot. we're told he was sweating and pacing, waiting for the person to come back out. it's just a weird kind of story about a guy who one minute seems fine, and the next in dire trouble. >> so last night he was seen at the wall greens? >> 7:30. >> so prince is pacing around the parking lot? >> he's in the parking lot. someone with him is inside walgreens, the fourth trip. the people we talked to, we have
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the picture up they said he was agitating, pacing and sweating. hours later he was dead. >> does he, you know, so many of these musicians an celebrities have a history of drug use. is that the case with prince? >> we're told that he has had problems and the question is how recently did he have those problems? and that, again, is something i'm not ready to talk about. i mean, this is something we're working on. and you know, it all, the dots are increasingly connecting. but we're told officially at least, that they're going to do a toxology on him that will take two weeks. we don't know until the toxicology comes out. you know, again, i think the trip puts a little bit of context to what is going on here. >> what kind of life was he leading? >> a very private, almost secretive life, megyn.
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i'm told that he actually closed his circle some in the last year or so. and a couple interesting things did happen. he has been talking about writing his memoirs for a while now, several years. and somebody very close to him, one of the few people remaining close told us a month ago, he told his people, i'm going to write these memoirs. i feel like i need to do it now. and he wrote 50 pages. so something inspired him to write 50 pages. i don't know. people think it's premonition. some people think he got up to do it. whatever it was, he got inspired over the last month. that aside, a very private guy that doesn't like his picture taken in public but closed himself off to most people. >> who did he surround himself with? any family? >> he had a girlfriend, who was with him a lot. he had a manager, he had some
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close associates who were with him. but not a lot of people. i mean, he was not this kind of social guy who interacted with a lot of people. i talked to a journalist today who, what am i saying, it's your network. it was greta that -- greta said that sometime ago, she got a call from out of the blue and it was prince, and he was just grousing about, i think some record label or wanted to know his legal rights on something. greta said he was on the phone for well over an hour. he didn't want to go on the air. he just wanted to talk to her. so it was this ephemeral life he lead, so it was not an ordinary life but he was not an ordinary guy. >> what about the investigation into his death? >> we know authorities are
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trying to contact the hospital, trying to get the medical records because they think it will help them but they're doing this autopsy, they're going to do a toxicology. it's going to tell them a lot. they're treating this as a full on investigation. >> minnesota state authority? >> yes. >> do you know who found the body? >> i do not know who found the body. we just got a transcript of the 911 call, and you know, honestly, i was working on this other story, and one of my producers was doing the transcript. but my understanding of it from what i was overhearing is that the person who called 911 didn't even know the city they were in. so it doesn't sound like it's someone who lived around there or was, you know with him a lot in that town. >> harvey, thank you very much. we appreciate your time tonight. all the best to you. >> you too, megyn.
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>> was tmz suggesting that prince was treated for some serious symptoms there are growing questions to the exact cause of death. the associated press is reporting the medical examiners have prince's body in their position and will perform an autopsy. dr. michael bodden is a forensic biology, good to see you, doc. >> good to see you. >> would a family member have to consent to the medical autopsy? >> no. in minnesota they have a very good medical examiner's office, they have authority do-tto do al toxicology that can be done in a few days if they take it out of order. which they will do in this case. whether they release it or not depends on what the sheriff and
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other people want to do. >> if someone tried to administer a save shot. >> right. >> in this incident, harvey is reporting it happened last friday, unconfirmed with us, would that be in his body still? >> yes. it could still be found in the body or hair, actually, if it stays in the hair. the death would not be from a injection, from taking the drug, whatever way. friday, would have to take another dose. >> if it were a drug overdose, when would he have had to take the drug? >> within 12 hours or so before he died. >> it's -- when they called on 911, the caller didn't know the address. we don't know who this caller was. they said there is someone here unconscious before saying the person is dead. so it appears to have been clear that person found prince's body,
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and shortly after arriving paramedics declared him dead within a half hour. what does that tell you? he had been dead for a while. same thing as michael jackson. he was dead but they tried their best to see if he can be revived and when he can't, they'll pronounce him dead. but whatever was in his system, they'll be able to find out. >> does the person suggest this is antidotal incident? pacing in wall greens? >> depending on how much toxicology. he or she is not going to mick a decision based on that evidence, the decision will be made on whether toxicology and autopsy show. before the autopsy, maybe he did have a heart disease or lung disease, pulmonary embolism
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missed at the hospital. but the autopsy is there to examine other possibility. >> the rest are saying it's the flu, that he had the flu and struggling witness for a week, he's 57 years old. what are the odds of that? >> the odds of that are not very great, unfortunately, given the history. the flu should not have, as harvey levin pointed out, either it makes you worse and worse and you don't go partying and dancing or you get another bout of the heart disease can cause that. a blood clot can cause that. but all of these things will be looked at. but the likely thing is some kind of drug overdose based on some history. >> and we'll find out incoming days. >> within a few days, they'll know about it.
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whether they release it depends on what the sheriff and others want to do. >> trace ghallager joins us from los angeles right after the break. and mr. seigel reveals what he knew about prince's health and the significance of him leaving the hospital against medical advice, then, mark furman knows the drill on high profile cases. he's here on what we can expect tomorrow. the news is breaking right here, right now, and we'll discuss the legacy of prince, coming up. constipated? trust number one doctor recommended dulcolax use dulcolax tablets for gentle overnight relief suppositories for relief in minutes
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♪ ain't no particular more compatible with ♪ ♪ i just want your extra time and your kiss ♪ breaking tonight, tmz reports that legendary singer/songwriter prince may have received treatment for a drug overdose just six days
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before his death this morning. while there is no word yet on the official cause of death, just last week after what's now believed to be prince's final performance, his plane did make an emergency landing in illinois. less than an hour from his ultimately destination where reportedly he was rushed to a hospital to receive treatment for an ongoing bout with the flu according to his reps. tmz says it was something very different. in a moment, we'll speak with dr. marc siegel about his take on the death and what happened at the hospital. first we go to trace gallagher who's been calling on these reports. >> we should tell you megyn we've reached out to prince's publicist about these reports of drug overdoses and haven't gotten a response. we got off the phone from the carver county sheriff's department. they say they can't comment about the drug overdose because it's not in their jurisdiction. but any type of report that deals with drugs or drug overdoses will be worked into their investigation. we know that prince was found unresponsive inside the elevator in his paisley park home.
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and just as you and harvey levin were touching on a little earlier, we just got a copy of the transcript of that 911 call made from the compound this morning. it's very interesting because the caller starts out by saying that prince is unconscious, then a few seconds later he says, quote, he appears very nervous, okay, we have, um, yeah, we have um, so yeah, the person is dead. the dispatcher replies, okay, get me the address, please. and the caller responds, okay, i'm working on it. clearly not knowing where he was. the dispatcher then says, concentrate on that. the caller says, and the people are just distraught, meaning there were more than one or two people inside that compound. i understand they're distraught says the dispatcher. then the caller says, look, i'm working on it, working on it, talking about the address. finally he says, do we know how the person died? the caller said, i don't know. we have confirmed the autopsy will be performed tomorrow, results again cld be weeks
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away. prince's representatives will only say that he had been suffering flu for several weeks. we know that two weeks ago prince also cited the flu as the reason for canceling a couple of shows from his piano and a microphone tour and the official explanation as to why his plane had to make an emergency landing in moline, illinois, is because prince was suffering severe clearly tmz is not buying that explanation. the day after being released from the hospital, prince appeared at a concert held at his compound that he arranged to reassure his fans about his health. in recent years he has also spoken publicly about his battle with epilepsy as a child, saying his parents didn't know how to handle his seizures. he later said he believes he was healed by divine intervention. in recent years, the 57-year-old singer reportedly got very serious about religion and his health, becoming a vegan and apparently speaking out about the dangers of drugs and alcohol.
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again, we have contacted the publicist. no response. we're still working on getting more information from the authorities about this report of a potential drug overdose last week, megyn. >> trace, thank you. i want to emphasize that has not been independently confirmed by fox news. that is tmz reporting, they're also the ones who broke the accurate news this morning of prince's death. joining me now fox news medical correspondent dr. marc siegel. dr. siegel, take away the tmz report for right now. you're looking at this, the circumstances of it. would you have bought flu as an explanation for this? >> i would have bought flu because flu is a great enabler. flu can cause other things to occur. two to three greater times of heart attack, 57 years old, risk of pneumonia. he could have had that. also that he was said even tear, he could have had a blood clot. these are causes of sudden death. the problem is he got back up. usually with the flu you don't get back up. you don't bounce back up and
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suddenly you're performing again and then you don't feel well again. the episodic quality of this makes me think it could have been something in addition. it doesn't mean he didn't have the flu. make that's true. but i'm concern birthday this issue of why is he getting better and then not getting better? >> harvey is getting specific. he's saying that there were radio calls suggesting that he had a drug overdose on that plane. they appear to have gotten some actual transmissions or have spoken to somebody who heard them. reporting that when he was 48 minutes from landing going from atlanta to minnesota they had to bring that plane down in illinois because of him. to be that ill from flu when the next day you were on your feet dancing does sound inconsistent. >> really, really, really unlikely. that usually wouldn't happen. the flu really knocks you flat and takes weeks to recover from. the thing i want people to know about drug overdoses is they suppress breathing. and also these drugs stay in your system for a long time. and the reason the save shot wouldn't have gotten rid of this is it just temporarily reverses the effect of vicodin, percocet,
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heroin, whichever one it is. it reverses it temporarily. megyn, patients like that, if they're suffering from a drug overdose don't just get a shot of narcan. they end up in a narcan drip in the hospital, in the icu. >> they're reporting he went to the e.r., that the doctors urged him to stay at least 24 hours. but he left against medical advice. you know, that was last friday, however. it's been nearly a week since that happened. this save shot, the narcan, is that what it's called? can you get that at walgreens? could he have gotten not a drug but a save shot there? >> i believe that. that's possible in most states. it was mroblly the case there. but again it's a very dangerous way to live. it wears off. then you're craving more of the narcotic. you take that. it stays in your system. you'd almost have to be a physician to deal with that accurately. even then. so if that's the story, it's not surprising because, again, the main thing we worry about -- and there's been a 200% increase of
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drug overdose deaths since the year 2000 with this kind of medication. >> let's talk about that. we've also had a major problem in this country of prescription drug abuse. prescription drug abuse. and we saw with the michael jackson case in that case he had a doctor who enabled it and really wound up convicted. this happens where a doctor does not uphold the hippocratic oath and helps a patient abuse him or herself. how does the medical body police against this? how many doctors are there out there willing to enable drug habits in this way? >> i think your use of the -- >> not this way of prince but the way of michael jackson. >> the word "enable" is right. there's a gray area. somebody is on the way out of your office and they say, by the way, doc, could i have my percocet prescription, my vicodin prescription? new york state has a new system called i staff where all physicians have to go to a website and list when they give nar cot ibs. i can see when another doctor gave it. >> can't you get them online? >> absolutely. >> some of them you can get
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online. >> absolutely. >> what stops that? >> nothing. that's why people are dying. it's a real epidemic in the united states. >> that is just so wrong. >> then by the way they don't get the prescription drugs. they go to the street corner and get heroin in a brown paper bag for 10 bucks. even if i don't give it to the patient, they get it as hair win. >> dr. siegel, good to see you. >> you too. >> we've been watching live pictures at prince's compound where crowds are growing bigger. i mean, this guy not only was a music icon but a philanthropist, a thinker, he was intro expectative. to hear that report of trace that he was speaking out on the dangers of drugs and alcohol. we're going to go live to our reporter in moments to see what the folks are saying there on the ground in minnesota. plus, former prosecutor now defense attorney mark eiglarsh is here as well. he can talk about the chain of events. who may end up handling this case. you can believe the police is hand investigating this right now. how this may end up, stay with us.
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♪ we're gonna party like it's 1999 ♪ breaking tonight, we are learning new information about events leading up to the death of iconic singer prince, including reports from tmz saying he had been treated for a drug overdose just six days before his death. his camp has not yet denied that, but they have claimed this was all due to flu, including the moment that his plane needed to make an emergency landing six days ago. all day long, mourners have been converging near prince's estate where the 57-year-old was found dead around 10:00 a.m. that is where we find our an matt finn live in chanhassen, minnesota. matt? >> reporter: good evening. we are at paisley park studios,
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the large compound outside of minneapolis. it has very large buildings and sound studios it's described as a place where prince made and produced music but also a place where prince lived for a while. people have been pouring in all day long leaving behind balloons and flowers and cards, most of that in prince's signature purple color. now, we have reached out to authorities, local and state. police say they cannot give us any information surrounding prince's death right now because this is an active death investigation. there are authorities arriving, coming and going, off the property. the sheriff's office has only said to us that it responded to a call at 9:45 this morning. they found prince it an elevator. they tried to resuscitate him with cpr. he was pronounced dead a little while later. prince held public dance parties in which he invited people to the property, charging between $10 and $40 and reportedly would give some of the money to charity. we ran into a woman named karen. she said she was a lifelong prince fan. she was inside the property with prince just last saturday. was there any indication that he
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was suffering from some life threatening illness? >> no. prince is typically pretty soft-spoken when he comes out and talks. he talked a few minutes, showed us a guitar and a brand-new piano that was built for him and welcomed the crowd, made some jokes. and he looked pretty good. >> reporter: so you were face to face with prince just a couple of days ago. what was your impression after leaving? >> oh, it was a great time. it's always a great time out here at paisley park. it was a dance party. great music. great sound system. to see prince is always a treat. >> reporter: there are a lot of headline s including the tmz report that he could have suffered from drug overdose. you said there were no drug orz alcohol at the parties and there was strong security. >> i would doubt that. i have a hard time believing that, given the security that is here and cell phone cameras, water, energy drinks were served here, no tobacco. i would be shocked. >> reporter: would you be shocked to learn that he did die potentially of a drug overdose? >> oh, of course.
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>> reporter: karen, thank you for your time. of course, megyn, the autopsy is scheduxescheduled for tomorrow. we'll keep you updated as the story develops. >> matt, thank you. joining me now criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor mark eiglarsh. good to see you. >> good to see you megyn. >> what a thing to hear. at these rock events, this one at his home, his compound, no alcohol allowed, no tobacco allowed. he had spoken out against drugs. we have not confirmed this tmz report so we do not know whether this is in fact the case. but they are citing radio dispatches according to harvey from the day they had to land that plane suggesting he had a drug overdose. as an investigator, you know, back when you were a criminal prosecutor, how would you begin to investigate this case? >> well, first, let's start with the body. let's find out what the medical examiner is saying, then work backwards. if this was a homicide, meaning
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at the hand of someone else, they've got to figure out the source, assuming it's a drug overdose, of the drugs and see if somehow someone could be prosecuted. but megyn i have to talk about one thing we have not addressed tonight. let's assume this report is true and i have no reason to suggest that harvey's folks are not doing the right thing. a lot of the information that we know i'm not sure that we should know. a lot of this stuff like him getting a save shot, which then gives us the inference that it was from opiates, how do we know that? is that from someone inside a hospital? whatever happened to hipaa laws? and if anyone is letting this go saying, well, it's that we need to know, he's a high-profile guy, whatever applies to him applies to all of us. so when we're in the hospital looking for those things to be kept private, it's moments like these where the investigation should be launched to determine, is it from someone inside the hospital? >> that's not waived just because the patient dies. we're not allowed -- they can't leak just because the patient
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died. >> right. i'm outraged that this came from someone at the hospital. quite frankly, who else would know that a save shot would -- >> one of prince's associates may have known. >> maybe. maybe. but he asked for a private room. either he has some really, really non-loyal associates who are dishing out information or it's someone from the hospital. >> what do you make of that, mark, the fact that he left against medical advice. they couldn't get a private room. he's prince. he left, he shouldn't have left, they say. that could be legally significant because the hospital will not be on the hook. >> that's correct. if they can show that they made it very clear to him -- and i'm sure it's in every chart because they know people are going to scrutinize it -- that he left against medical advice, which i'm sure that's something they put in reports especially with someone as high profile as this, i think they're covered. >> on the subject of how high profile he was, how does that affect this investigation? >> well, everybody wants
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answers. to the average john doe on the street, he dies of an overdose, they don't devote any resources. with this, megyn kelly devoted an hour to it, people want answer. they're going to turn to the police and say, somebody might have killed police, aren't you dying to know? don't you have an obligation to find out? i expect they'll devote resources because he's high profile. >> mark, good to see you. >> same here, megyn. still ahead, detective mark fuhrman on the challenges that investigates may face given how high profile the case is. we'll talk about what kind of records they can get, cell phones, were there cameras on the compound? what are they looking at right now? plus, joe levy of rolling stone magazine is here tonight on the legacy of a star whose records sold over 100 million. stay with us. ♪ let's go crazy ♪ let's get nuts
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the same. when the police got there, they realized that the victim had expired. the coroner is called, medical examiner. now it's become an unexplained death because there's probably no ongoing illness and an attending physician that is willing to say, this person had leukemia or this person had cancer, and i'll sign the death certificate. so it becomes a criminal matter, an unexplained death. at that point, and now they identify that it is prince, that it is somebody that could possibly have had other than a natural death, you have a criminal investigation that has to start with seizing everything at that residence that could possibly lend to any evidence as to the cause of death. you need a search warrant. you're trying to collect any legal and illegal drugs, any vehicle of getting that drug
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into the body like an i.v., a syringe, anything like that is,d start interviewing the people at that location, at the mansion, to try to establish and freeze certain statements before people talk with each other. >> how about cell phones, his and those of the people who were in the house, looking for text messages, looking for cameras on the compound, and even, mark, pharmacy patterns at this walgreens? can the cops get that? >> well, they can get all of this, but most of that information is not time sensitive. human interactions and getting their stories straight is time sensitive. getting rid of drugs at the mansion or syringes or i.v. bags is time sensitive. so i'm a little disturbed by the length of time from the time that there was probably an emergency, somebody that is probably rarely alone, to the time that they pronounce death.
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so you've got a long period of time. it reminds me of the michael jackson death. there was a long gap there, and of course we have illegally provided propofol in that case by a doctor for a sleep aid that led to his death. so, you know, the same situation. what you bring up can all lend to trying to paint a picture of, what is really going on with this individual? does this individual have a pharmaceutical opiate problem that stemmed from a surgery or an injury that got out of control? or is this an illegal street type drug? >> if anything. the reps are standing by flu. the cops are going to be able to get to the bottom of this, though. because if there was a drug problem, there will be evidence of it. ma mark, thank you for being with us tonight. >> you bet. >> since the news about prince dying this morning, there's been a remarkable outpouring to the influence of -- gosh, he is an
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prince was one of the best selling artists of all time with more than 100 million albums sold. he made his first at 20 years of understa age. prince's legacy goes beyond billboard charts. we're live with more. >> reporter: prince was born into a musical family. his father played piano. prince started playing piano at the age of seven, picked up the guitar at 13 and the drums a year later.
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his debut album came in 1978. he leased albums in '79, '80 and '81, but it was album titled 1999 that brought him fame. prince went on to have five number one singles to go along with his seven grammys and academy award for purple rain, which spauned the singles purple rain and when doves cry. he wrote the sound track for batman. he was a musical genius and trend setter. he was controversial for what many people consider highly sexualized lyric. his music was imitated and
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influential. there was a post, my musical brother, my friend, the one who showed me the possibilities within myself, changed everything and kept his integrity until the end is gone. he worked with many stars. he was married and divorced twice and had reported affairs with many of his progays and co lab rarters and public battles including a war over artistic and financial control. he once appeared in public with slave written on his cheek and started calling himself the artist formerly known as prince. >> thank you. gold records and grammys were one thing, but after prince took to the stage in 2004 and played a solo during tit was the singl greatest musical moment in its
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history. ♪ [cheers and applause] joe levy is a contributing editor. great to see you. what was so special about that moment? >> there were a lot of things special about that moment, but here you have prince who we don't always think of and acknowledge what a great guitar player he was standing on stage and playing a solo played bieric clapton and he's saying i belong in this company and proving it with an absolutely beautiful solo. from that moment on you should
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have thought of him already, but we think of him more as the funk guy, the when doves cry guy, maybe not the guitar player. >> he played all the instruments and he played all of his own music on his own albums. >> he sometimes had a band. he didn't need it. on his first record he played everything and from then on he played most of the instruments. there was nothing he couldn't do, no kind haof music he couldt play. >> he wrote not only for himself, but many others. >> he wrote the bangles first hit. >> manic monday. >> yes. there was a moment where if he took an interest in your career he'd invite you to lunch and you
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would have a hit single. nothing compares to you is a prince song. >> he was an eccentric. >> that's putting it mildly. >> he lived in his compound by himself? >> not by himself at all. those who visited it said there was something going on. there were doves there. >> there you go. >> those who visited said there was always something going on. there was always activity. it was both a place of business, a house and a studio. >> thank you very much for being here. we appreciate it. >> thank you. we' "why are you checking your credit score?"
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prince a legend. dead at 57. thanks for watching everyone. i'm megyn kelly.
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♪ welcome to hannity 2016. republican front-runner donald trump will join us in a moment, but first the death of a music icon,