RIP, James Brown
Charles Johnson
Mon Dec 25, 2006 at 8:49 am PST • Views: 214
The influence he had on contemporary music is incalculable. He leaves behind a legacy of funk that will live forever: Legendary singer James Brown dies at 73.
ATLANTA - James Brown, the dynamic, pompadoured “Godfather of Soul,” whose revolutionary rhythms, rough voice and flashing footwork influenced generations of musicians from rock to rap, died early Christmas morning. He was 73.
Brown was hospitalized with pneumonia at Emory Crawford Long Hospital on Sunday and died of conjunctive heart failure around 1:45 a.m. Monday, said his agent, Frank Copsidas of Intrigue Music.
He initially seemed fine at the hospital and even told people that he planned to be on stage in New York on New Year’s Eve, Copsidas said.
Frank says: