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“Our pride in his accomplishments permeates our love of Minneapolis. Prince never left us, and we never left him.”
Nate Kranz, the club’s general manager, recalled Prince’s last show t – on July 7, 2007 – coming together at the last minute.
Prince often called the venue to ask if he could perform, Kranz said, and told them he was interested in putting on a late-night show just a few days before.
The news of Prince’s death came less than a week after his private plane made an emergency landing early last Friday in Illinois as he was returning to the Twin Cities from two shows in Atlanta.
Publicist Martin Keller, who covered Prince as a journalist from the time the artist was 17, called him a “Great inspiration for African-American kids anyw, growing up in a broken home, pursuing what you want to do, becoming successful at it, building a wide world following.”
Gov. Mark Dayton said Prince’s “Tremendous talent was matched only by his generosity and commitment to improving his community [his] contributions to the betterment of our state will be remembered for years to come.”