{"id":3092,"date":"2016-04-22T14:04:22","date_gmt":"2016-04-22T06:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/22\/monuments-are-lighting-up-purple-to-honor-prince\/"},"modified":"2016-04-22T14:04:22","modified_gmt":"2016-04-22T06:04:22","slug":"monuments-are-lighting-up-purple-to-honor-prince","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/22\/monuments-are-lighting-up-purple-to-honor-prince\/","title":{"rendered":"Monuments are lighting up purple to honor Prince"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Screen_shot_2016-04-21_at_8.25.34_pm\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.0.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzA0LzIyL2RiL1NjcmVlbl9TaG90LjM5MDUwLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTU3NXgzMjMjCmUJanBn\/908bf3b8\/244\/Screen_Shot_2016-04-21_at_8.25.34_PM.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=Monuments+are+lighting+up+purple+to+honor+Prince&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F04%2F22%2Fprince-purple-monuments%2F\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F04%2F22%2Fprince-purple-monuments%2F&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The world has been blue with mourning since learning of Prince&#8217;s passing Thursday, but now cities around the U.S. are lighting up purple to honor the late musician.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bridges in the pop star&#8217;s home state of Minnesota, where he died at his Paisley Park estate at age 57, \u00a0&#8220;reigned&#8221; purple in tribute.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Bridges were also lit up purple in other parts of the country.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/04\/21\/fatality-prince-paisley-park\/\">Prince dies at 57<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">The Superdome in New Orleans was lit purple, as well, just as it was when Prince performed there in 2014.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>City halls in Baltimore, San Francisco and Los Angeles also honored Prince.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/04\/21\/prince-snapchat-geofilter\/\">Snapchat adds &#8216;Purple Rain&#8217; geofilter to honor Prince<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/04\/22\/prince-purple-monuments\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/superdome\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Superdome<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/us\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Us<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/music\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Music<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/purple\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Purple<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/prince\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Prince<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/-kSjZPA2Uu4\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world has been blue with mourning since learning of Prince&#8217;s passing Thursday, but now cities around the U.S. are lighting up purple to honor the late musician.\u00a0 Bridges in the pop star&#8217;s home state of Minnesota, where he died &hellip; 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