Did you know that Prince was an Oscar winner?  He was!  In 1985, he won an Oscar for Best Original Song Score for the 1984 film, Purple Rain.  In order to win the Oscar, he not only had to defeat Kris Kristofferson but the Muppets as well!  (This would also be the last time that the Best Original Song Score Oscar would be awarded.  Check out Wikipedia’s history of this odd little category by clicking here.)

After news spread of Prince’s death earlier today, the Academy released a video of Prince both winning the Oscar and giving a nicely humble and sincere acceptance speech.

And here it is!  Just compare Prince’s speech to some of the dreary bombast that we had to sit through during the last Oscar ceremony…