Prince Rogers Nelson
Thank you!
1958-2016
RIP
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UPDATE
(from Thursday, April 21 at 5:47 p.m.)
Reports are that Prince died from complications related to an addiction to Percocet. Rather like Michael with his Propofol, no? Remember that … him?
In any event, I appreciate so many of you asking if I intend to comment any further on Prince’s death. I do not.
I presaged the reasons for this decision in my January 12 commentary on David Bowie’s death. In essence, it has become distressingly clear that the only reason one comments on the death of famous people these days is to draw attention to oneself. This macabre form of self-flattery makes the narcissism of plastering Instagram pages with selfies seem modest.
Therefore, to comment any further risks participating too much in the madding self-aggrandizement that now characterizes public mourning on these occasions.
Peace.
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