VIDEO : Prince Bought 'Purple Rain' House Before death

According to Minnesota's Star Tribune, Prince quietly bought a house that served as a home base for his "Purple Rain" character in the 1984 rock opera film just months before his death. The house is a three-bedroom single-family building in Minneapolis' Longfellow neighborhood, and was sold for $117,000 in cash last August. Prince never lived in the house, and it is unclear if the star had even step foot in it after his purchase