Posthumous Celebration of Prince’s Legacy On October 29, 2019, "The Beautiful Ones," an autobiography initiated by Prince before his untimely death in April 2016, was released through Spiegel & Grau (an imprint of Penguin Random House) in the United States. Co-written with journalist Dan Piepenbring, this partial memoir combines Prince’s handwritten notes, lyrics, and personal reflections with Piepenbring’s narrative, offering an intimate glimpse into the icon’s life and crea