President Barack Obama paid tribute to late pop music icon Prince, who died inside his Minnesota home on Thursday morning. “Today, the world lost a creative icon. Michelle and I join millions of fans from around the world in mourning the sudden death of Prince,” the president wrote on his Facebook page on Thursday afternoon.
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