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For music fans, this is one of those days you will always remember — where you were when you heard the news that Prince had died.

To honor his legacy, The Frame devotes the entire show to the life and work of Prince Rogers Nelson. The hugely influential and prolific artist died on April 21 at the age of 57 at his Paisley Park estate just outside Minneapolis.

PRINCE'S LAST CONCERTS

When Melissa Ruggieri, music critic for Atlanta Journal-Constitution, went to see Prince perform at Atlanta's Fox Theater on April 14, she had nowas really chilling. And speaking of chilling, he also did a tribute to David Bowie. He performed "Heroes."

Prince was famously private, but in the concert he did open up a couple of times. He started the the show talking about how his father taught him about funk. At one point he left the stage briefly after performing Joni Mitchell's "A Case of You." When Prince came back he said, "I forgot sometimes how emotional these songs can be."

PRINCE AS MENTOR

Prince produced Judith Hill's debut album last year. My phone rang and it was, "Judith, this is Prince." He had never seen me on 'The Voice' or '20 Feet from Stardom.'" But when she said in an interview that she'd always wanted to work with him, he got in