Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2006 22:19:26 GMT -4
James Brown, the 'Godfather of Soul,' dies at 73
James Brown, the legendary R&B belter, a singer and songwriter who created a foundation for funk and provided the roots of rap, a man of many nicknames but a talent that can only be described as one of a kind, is dead.
Brown died early Monday at Atlanta's Emory Crawford Long Hospital of congestive heart failure, his agent said. He was 73.
More at: www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/25/obit.brown/index.html