Lewis Hamilton, Kris Humphries, Jerome Boateng remember Prince
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Big names from the world of sport are also gutted at the death of Prince, who was often spotted at basketball games.
Lewis Hamilton said his music would "live forever" while boxer Audley Harrison said "gone too soon".
The music icon was found dead at his home in Minnesota on Thursday.
Prince sold more than 100 million records during his career.
He put out 39 studio albums, with hundreds more unreleased songs.
The British Formula One champion said Prince was one of the "greatest".
Britain's other F1 World Champion Jenson Button also posted a tribute.
Former tennis player and coach to Novak Djokovic, Boris Becker, tweeted a lyric from When Doves Cry.
British athletics star Jamie Baulch called him a genius.
Like a lot of us, former 400m star Iwan Thomas MBE is mad at 2016.
Ex-Arsenal defender Sol Campbell agrees.
Bayern Munich defender Jerome Boateng thanked Prince for the music.
Olympic boxing champion Audley Harrison says he was a huge fan.
And American basketballer - and Kim Kardashian's ex - Kris Humphries called it a "sad day".
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