The 1984 Academy Award for Original Song Score went to Prince for "Purple Rain." His real name is...
Prince Rogers Nelson*
Nelson Prince Rogers
Roger Prince Nelson
Roger Nelson Prince
The multi-talented artist also made his motion picture debut in PURPLE RAIN.
The Academy's first posthumous winner, Sidney Howard, was honored for writing the script for
THE STORY OF LOUIS PASTEUR
THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA
A STAR IS BORN
GONE WITH THE WIND*
Howard died in an accident in August 1939 while the Civil War epic was still being filmed.
