It never occurred to me that Prince was capable of dying until I saw the first reports that he had done just that on Thursday. He always seemed like this mythical figure that existed outside the boundaries that the rest of us occupied, and that he would go on forever being totally bizarre and effortlessly cool. He could do just about anything, and everyone would just agree that it was great.
The stories about Prince have poured in from all over, and serve as a reminder of just how singular he was as a person. We've all seen it a thousand times, but the Chappelle's Show sketch with Charlie Murphy and Prince was still one of the funniest things I've ever seen.