Prince, the legendary recording artist, died Wednesday in Minneapolis at his Paisley Park home, according to his publicist. He was 57. Here, TIME has rounded-up some of the most surprising tidbits about the life of the Grammy Award-winning singer.
• “Skipper” was his nickname growing up.• When he was 10 years old, he danced on stage with James Brown, the “Godfather of Soul.”
• Spaghetti and orange juice was once “one of his favorite meals,” Purple Rain director Albert Magnoli told Spin magazine in 2009, who watched him order the strange combination once.
• At one point, he kept a yellow gnome “covered by a swarm of butterflies” in a guest bedroom, according to a 1985 Rolling Stone profile. “A friend gave that to me, and I put it in the living room,” Prince told the magazine. “But some people said it scared them, so I took it out and put it in here.”
• The “When Doves Cry” singer kept actual doves, according to a Billboard’s 2013 cover story. As the writer Gail Mitchell wrote:
I spy a large, nearly floor-to-ceiling white cage across the hall. At first it appears empty so I’m wondering just what kind of animal it had contained. Approaching closer, I can see white doves, at least four or five of them, chilling inside. Their coos echo ethereally through the building as I descend the stairs.
source time.com
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