Monuments are lighting up purple to honor Prince
The world has been blue with mourning since learning of Prince's passing Thursday, but now cities around the U.S. are lighting up purple to honor the late musician.
Bridges in the pop star's home state of Minnesota, where he died at his Paisley Park estate at age 57, "reigned" purple in tribute.
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Bridges were also lit up purple in other parts of the country.
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The Superdome in New Orleans was lit purple, as well, just as it was when Prince performed there in 2014.
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City halls in Baltimore, San Francisco and Los Angeles also honored Prince.
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As well as buildings from Los Angeles to Chicago.
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As has become commonplace in the wake of tragedy, doctored photos purported that the Eiffel Tower, Empire State Building and other iconic monuments had been lit up in purple but, alas, they were not.
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Olivia Niland is an Editorial News Intern at Mashable in Los Angeles and a senior digital journalism major at the University of Southern California. She has previously interned with NBC Los Angeles, The Hollywood Reporter, and USA Today College, and when she isn't working can usually be found concert-going, golfing and exploring.
