US music superstar Prince, whose hits included Purple Rain and Kiss, was found unresponsive on Thursday (April 21) at his Minnesota home and was later declared dead. He was 57. Prince was an innovative and influential singer and songwriter whose music combined jazz, funk and disco. His hit songs also included Raspberry Beret and Little Red Corvette. He first found fame in the late 1970s, and over the next three decades became known as one of the most inventive and eccentric forces in American pop music.