I’m seeing a lot of conflicting stories, but it looks as though Prince has likely died at the age of 57. I guess he’s had a serious flu for a few weeks and was briefly hospitalized last Friday.

As if the prospect of living in a world without Bowie wasn’t already bad enough.

EDIT: A few of the articles I saw that confirmed his death now seem to have been walked back. Someone died at Prince’s estate today, and we know that Prince was in poor health, so I’m not fantastically hopeful. I’d love to be proven wrong, though.

EDIT2: The Associated Press is reporting it, I guess it’s for real. God damn it. Good night, sweet Prince.