WASHINGTON DC — A CBS affiliate in
Minnesota has unearthed video footage of late music legend Prince commenting on a
teachers’ strike when he was just 11 years old — a child instantly recognizable
to the journalist who found it purely by chance.
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The television station,
WCCO in Minneapolis, was
going through old reels and restoring some footage in an effort to provide
context about a similar strike last month, and production manager Matt Liddy
stumbled on the clip.
“Are most of the kids in favor of the picketing?”
the reporter asks the child, who is wearing a coat and headband to keep his
ears warm.
“Yep,” the child answers.
“How come?” the reporter asks.
“I think they should get some more money ‘cause they
work... extra hours for us and all that stuff,” he replies, flashing a sly
grin.
On seeing the child’s face, Liddy said he showed it
to multiple people in his newsroom, “and every single person” shared his view
that it was Prince.
A weeks-long investigation — involving analysis of the
child’s face, hairstyle, and still pictures from the same era — allowed WCCO to
verify that the child in the clip was indeed Prince, who grew up in
Minneapolis.
The pop icon died in April 2016 at the age of 57
following an accidental overdose of painkillers.
Drummer
Sheila E, a frequent Prince collaborator, retweeted
the video with a purple heart — his signature color.
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