Fans react to Prince's death

Story highlights

• Fans flock to social media to share grief over Prince's death
• "Oh, no, seriously, Prince?! No. I can't handle another artist lost this year," one Twitter user wrote

As the news broke, reactions seemed to follow the classic stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining and depression. Acceptance, it seemed, might need to wait.

Denial

It began as word of a death was just beginning to trickle in, not yet fully confirmed, enough for fans to hang on to a sliver of hope.

Anger

It didn't take long for fans to begin to feel the anger of losing yet another legend.

Bargaining

Please, can't we make a deal? Can't it be some other way?

Depression

Finally, the sadness took hold ...

But the party must go on, some argued.

CNN's Emmanuella Grinberg contributed to this report.

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