Prince death spurs tributes in purple

 

Fans have been remembering the life of Prince with purple-coloured tributes and dance parties, after the star died suddenly at the age of 57.

Buildings, newspaper front pages and websites across the US and beyond have changed colour in his honour.

Prince was found dead at his Minnesota home on Thursday. He became a star in the 1980s, with the albums 1999, Purple Rain and Sign O' the Times.
A post-mortem examination will take place on Friday.
Prince was hospitalised on 15 April, after his private plane made an emergency landing in Illinois. It happened just hours after he had performed on stage in Georgia. He was treated and released after a few hours.

Prince's innovative music spanned rock, funk and jazz. He sold more than 100 million records during his career.
US President Barack Obama said the world had "lost a creative icon".

 

 

In Prince's native Minneapolis, the Minnesota Twins baseball team turned their stadium purple, as did the Lowry Avenue Bridge in the centre of the city.
The Niagara Falls were turned purple to mark the Queen's 90th birthday, but the coincidence was welcomed by Prince fans online.
On Thursday evening, hundreds of people gathered for an all-night party at the First Avenue nightclub in Minneapolis, where Prince recorded his 1984 hit Purple Rain.
Vigils for the singer were also held outside his home as well as in Los Angeles and Brooklyn, where the film director Spike Lee, a friend of Prince's, led another impromptu party.
Prince's home at Paisley Park has become a makeshift shrine, said the BBC's James Cook at the scene.
There was shock and grief but also pride in the twin cities of Minneapolis and St Paul, our reporter said.
Many residents pointed out that Prince could have lived anywhere in the world and they felt honoured that he chose to remain until the very end in the place where he was born.