Prince tributes range from front pages to Niagara Falls
Newspapers and websites honored Prince with front pages and redesigns, after the prolific singer and songwriter was found dead at his home in Minnesota Thursday.
His hometown paper, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, paid tribute to a favorite son with a full spread on the paper’s front page:
Other papers and magazines followed suit with their covers:
In honor of Prince, an early look at next week's cover, "Purple Rain": https://t.co/lF0Nwyd7q8 pic.twitter.com/myN15OxsCO
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) April 21, 2016
Tomorrow's cover: Prince's death isn't just a loss for music, it's a loss for humankind https://t.co/yIfU1K6udy pic.twitter.com/gUYAToT7zj
— New York Post (@nypost) April 22, 2016
Google created a Google Doodle—temporarily redesigning the page’s logo in purple with falling raindrops—in tribute:
Snapchat also paid homage to the singer’s famous song, adding a filter to its app that superimposed purple rain onto users’ photos Thursday.
The tributes even extended to real life, including parties in Prince’s honor and an unintentional nod to his famous song at Niagara Falls:
For more front pages around the country, check the Newseum’s collection here.
This story was originally published April 22, 2016 at 6:47 AM with the headline "Prince tributes range from front pages to Niagara Falls."