For me, it was the realization that the world has lost someone that I’d always considered an actual, honest-to-goodness genius. That’s a word that gets tossed around a bit carelessly these days, and which has lost some of its kick. But while there are a great many extraordinarily talented people in the world, there are few true geniuses. I don’t feel like I’m going very far out onto any particular limb to suggest Prince was one of them.
Alas, R.I.P. Send me your thoughts on our loss: rrollins@coxohio.com.
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