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LYDIA HAS A TERMINAL
NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER.
SHE LOOKS BEAUTIFUL.
WELL IT HAS BEEN FOUR DAYS
SINCE THE SHOCKING
DEATH OF PRINCE.
AND THE MOURNING OVER HIS
LOSS CONTINUES HERE AT
HOME AND ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
SO WHY IS IT THAT SO MANY FEEL
SO MUCH SADNESS FOR
SOMEONE THEY NEVER ACTUALLY MET?
OUR MOLLY ROSENBLATT LOOKS INTO
THE PSYCHOLOGY
BEHIND GRIEVING PROCESS WITH PRINCE.
Reporter: AT ONLY 57, THE
DEATH OF OUR ICON
WAS SUDDEN AND SHOCKING.
I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE HE'S
GONE.
Reporter: FOR SO MANY SAD,
IF NOT DEVASTATING.
HOW IS IT WE CAN SO INTENSELY
MOURN SOMEONE WE NEVER MET.
HE'S FROM MINNEAPOLIS.
Reporter: IT'S SAFE TO SAY
PRINCE'S MUSIC AND
HE HIMSELF BRING SO MANY OF US
DOWN A ROAD TO
DIFFERENT TIMES IN OUR LIVES.
A KEY TO OUR UNCONSCIOUS IS
OUR LANGUAGE.
AND SO THE LANGUAGE THAT HE
USED TO COIN HIS MUSIC,
IT TOUCHED SUCH A STRING WITHIN
US.
WE FELT THAT HE HAD SUCH A
CONNECTION TO US.
Reporter: A LEGEND WHO GREW
UP BEFORE OUR EYES.
HE WAS HOME-GROWN AND SELF-
TAUGHT.
B,LM,R SAID HIS MUSIC NOT ONLY
NOURISHED HIM, BUT
HIMSELF AS WELL.
HE CHOSE TO STAY HERE.
HE GAVE TO MINNESOTA.
ONCE HE PASSED, HIS FAMILY WERE
THERE GIVING AWAY
BEAUTIFUL PURPLE BOXES TO THE FANS.
THAT'S WHAT HE WOULD HAVE
WANTED TO DO.
THE FACT HE CHOSE TO STAY HERE,
IT JUST MEANT SO
MUCH TO PEOPLE OF MINNEAPOLIS.
Reporter: AND FOR SOME
WONDERING PERHAPS
THEY'RE MORE UPSET THAN THEY
SHOULD BE ABOUT A
CELEBRITY DEATH --
THERE'S NO RULES TO GRIEF.
PEOPLE MAY GRIEVE HIM MORE THAN
THEY MAY GRIEVE
SOMEONE RELATIONSHIPWISE JUST
BECAUSE THEY FELT SUCH
A CONNECTION WITH HIM.
Reporter: AND BEMM,L SAYS
SHE, TOO, IS FEELING
THAT LOSS.
SHE MADE THE TRIP TO PAISLEY
PARK TO SAY GOOD-BYE.
I DID BRING A LITTLE
SOMETHING, AND I HUNG IT ON
THE FENCE.
A LIGHTED PURPLE DOVE.
HE WAS SUCH A SPECIAL BEING.
HE WILL LIVE ON SO LONG.
Reporter: AND DR. BEMM,L
TOLD ME SHE HAD THE
LUXURY OF WORKING SIDE BY SITE
WITH MATTIE IN THE
PUBLIC SCHOOL UP IS.
SHE SAID MATTIE WAS A VERY
GRACIOUS AND DOWN TO
EARTH WOMAN, WHO WAS VERY
GROUNDED, AND SHE BELIEVES
PRINCE WAS SO GROUNDED BECAUSE
OF HIS MOTHER.
MAKES SENSE. DEFINITELY.
WE WERE THERE SUNDAY.
THE REACTIONS ARE ALL OVER.
LAUGHTER IN THE BACKGROUND.
AS PEOPLE GET CLOSER TO THE
FENCE, IT'S MUCH MORE SOMBER.
VERY SOMBER. .