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Prince tribute: Jennifer Hudson, ‘Color Purple’ cast sing ‘Purple Rain’

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Jennifer Hudson and cast of ‘The Color Purple’ pay tribute to Prince with stirring rendition of ‘Purple Rain’
WATCH: Jennifer Hudson and 'The Color Purple' cast pay tribute to Prince – Apr 22, 2016

After news of superstar Prince‘s death spread, musicians of different stripes paid tribute to the late singer.

Dreamgirls star Jennifer Hudson, along with the rest of the cast of Broadway musical The Color Purple, sang one of Prince’s biggest hits, Purple Rain, to resounding applause from the attending audience.

READ MORE: Prince dead at 57

Hudson and her co-stars belted out the words to Prince’s hit in amazing harmony at curtain call, and no one in the theatre was sitting down by the end of the song.

The pop superstar and legendary musician died Thursday in his home in Minnesota, according to his publicist. He was 57.

LISTEN: A Corus radio tribute to Prince’s music 

(Watch the video, above.)

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A repeat episode of ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’ from 1996 featuring Prince will air on Saturday, April 23 at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET on OWN Canada.

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