19 Women Who Ruled Prince’s World (PHOTOS)
19 Women Who Ruled Prince’s World (PHOTOS)
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1. Singer and percussionist Sheila E shot to stardom after working with Prince during the ‘Purple Rain’ era.
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2. Mayte Garcia was Prince’s dancer when they met. The couple married in 1996 and divorced in 2000 after the death of their child.
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3. Stop the press! Prince had more than just an eye for Kim Basinger during the filming of ‘Batman’.
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4. Manuela Testolini was married to Prince from 2001 to 2006.
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5. Misty Copeland performed with Prince on his tours in the 2000s. Were they romantically linked? You tell us!
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6. Bria Valentine collaborated with Prince musically and also dated him in the 2000s.
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7. Nona Gaye worked musically with Prince in the 1990s and has also been romantically linked to the purple one.
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8. Before hating each other’s guts, Madonna and Prince dated very briefly in 1985 and recorded a duet on Madonna’s album ‘Like A Prayer’.
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9. The rumor is that Prince and Ananda Lewis dated once upon a time. Regardless, Ananda is devastated over the purple one’s death.
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