Prince: 7/27/83 - 7/5/98 The ones we've lost are never really gone If we hold them in our hearts while we go on Prince came into my life when I was badly in need of a pet, although I think he was more aware of the need than I was. That would explain the great excitement he showed the day my first wife and I picked him up from a family who wanted to give him away because he was too much trouble ...