Shock and sadness: Fans mourn Prince on social media
Social media was flooded with emotional posts reacting the death of Prince Thursday morning. There were more than 2 million tweets about the Minnesota native and influential musician within an hour of his publicist announcing his death, a sign of how much of an impact he had.
https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/723241770411122688
We've compiled some of the most notable posts for you here:
Fellow Minnesotans
https://www.facebook.com/senatoralfranken/posts/997533260332556
https://twitter.com/JustinNXT/status/723201611296858113
https://www.instagram.com/p/BEeFVVCBbX5/?tagged=prince
https://twitter.com/RepTomEmmer/status/723200794946727936
https://twitter.com/andrewzimmern/status/723200282616827904
https://twitter.com/gretchney/status/723202146687016960
https://twitter.com/hutsy81/status/723201506317496320
Musicians mourned the loss as well
https://twitter.com/Hozier/status/723205839771832320
https://twitter.com/jtimberlake/status/723200946050736128
https://twitter.com/SimplyRedHQ/status/723201365800030210
https://twitter.com/allen_stone/status/723204300713893888
https://twitter.com/alyankovic/status/723205494639198208
https://www.instagram.com/p/BEeKphxDENb/?taken-by=palomafaith
Celebrities weighed in
Comedian Amy Schumer has a show at Target Center Thursday night:
https://twitter.com/amyschumer/status/723209974046965760
https://twitter.com/TheRock/status/723205420525989889
https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/723201454840897536
https://www.instagram.com/p/BEeL0HfChdH/?tagged=prince
https://twitter.com/oliviawilde/status/723206115660451841
https://www.instagram.com/p/BEeGfq3LGyY/
https://twitter.com/whatupcal/status/723201521844916224
As did companies
https://www.instagram.com/p/BEeKE5NsvvR/?tagged=prince
https://www.instagram.com/p/BEeJ_L-p8cY/?tagged=prince
https://twitter.com/Caribou_Coffee/status/723208023632695297
https://twitter.com/KlipschAudio/status/723202355034890240
https://twitter.com/marieclaire/status/723217682225598465
