What A Year So Far

I've been avoiding making any kind of statement regarding all the celebrity deaths so far this year.  It's not that I don't care.  I do.  I just felt that everyone else had kind of said it all for me.  And in some cases, perhaps I wasn't that bothered.  I was genuinely gutted about Bowie.  More so by Alan Rickman.  I just loved his voice.  And he was a bloody good actor.  And of course there was Victoria Wood as well.  But Prince is the one that has really got to me.  The Diamonds and Pearls album was one of the first tapes I ever owned.  I remember being a kid, maybe nine years old, and being thrilled to get it.  I can't remember whether it was a birthday present or Christmas present, but I remember it was on the desperately want list.  So yes, I've loved Prince's music ever since I first started to love music.  And hearing of his death saddened me.  Genuinely so.  Which I why I have felt the need to say my piece.  I would of course appreciate it if no one else amazing dies this year.  Surely we've lost enough already.