US CONGRESS PLANS HIGHEST AWARD FOR PRINCE
A resolution has been introduced in the United States Congress to award the congressional gold medal to Prince. This is recognition of the late pop star’s “indelible mark on Minnesota and American culture”.
The congressional gold medal is the highest civilian honour bestowed by the US Congress.
The resolution noted that Prince was “widely regarded as one of the greatest musicians of his generation. He won seven Grammy awards, six American Music Awards, an Oscar for the score to the movie Purple Rain and a Golden Globe.
The resolution will require the support of at least two-thirds of the Senate and the House of Representatives before it can be signed into law by Joe Biden.
Prince released 39 studio albums and sold over 150 million records, making him among the bestselling musicians of all time.
He died on 21 April 2016 at the age of 57 of an accidental fentanyl overdose at his Paisley Park estate.
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