The Godfather of Soul, James Brown - Dead at 73

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What a day to pass away on!!
RIP Mr. Brown.
You are Soul!!

[DrMaddVibe]

RIP

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Originally posted by Mr. Vengeance
I assume he won't be there.

Thank you for clarifying.

[Steve Savicki]

Sad this happened on Christmas Day (or at all.)
May he rest in peace.

[LoungeMachine]

James Brown's partner locked out of couple's home
By Harry R. Weber / Associated Press Writer
Article Launched: 12/26/2006 09:34:16 AM MST


Click photo to enlargeMusic legend James Brown arrives with his wife Tomi Rae Brown for the 47th... (AP file photo)«12»ATLANTA - James Brown's lawyer said Tuesday that the late singer and his partner were not legally married and that she was locked out of his South Carolina home for estate legal reasons.
''It's not a reflection on her as an individual,'' lawyer Buddy Dallas told The Associated Press. ''I have not even been in the house, nor will I until appropriate protocol is followed.''

Brown's partner, backup singer Tomi Rae Hynie, was already married to a Texas man in 2001 when she married Brown, thus making her marriage to Brown null, Dallas said. He said Hynie later annulled the previous marriage, but she and Brown never remarried.

''I suppose it would mean she was, from time to time, a guest in Mr. Brown's home,'' Dallas said.

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James Brown's widow, Tomi Rae Brown, clutches the gate at the home she shared with the singer and the couple's 5-year-old son, Monday, Dec. 25, 2006, in Beech Island, S.C. Tomi Rae Brown claimed the gate was padlocked and she was denied access at the request of her husband's lawyer, Buddy Dallas, and accountant, David Cannon. James Brown died early Monday morning. He was 73. (AP Photo/The Augusta Chronicle, Rainier Ehrhardt)Monday, after the 73-year-old ''Godfather of Soul'' died at an Atlanta hospital, Hynie, 36, found the gates to Brown's Beech Island, S.C., home padlocked and said she was denied access.
Hynie argued that she has a legal right to live in the home with the couple's 5-year-old son.

''This is my home,'' Hynie told a reporter outside the house. ''I don't have any money. I don't have anywhere to go.''

Dallas said legal formalities need to be followed now, adding that Brown's estate was left in trust for his children. He declined to elaborate on Brown's final instructions.

''It's not intended and I hope not interpreted to be an act of unkindness or an act of a lack of sympathy,'' Dallas said. ''Ms. Hynie has a home a few blocks away from Mr. Brown's home where she resides periodically when she is not with Mr. Brown. She is not without housing or home.''

Dallas said Brown and Hynie had not seen each other for several weeks before his death.

The couple had had a sometimes tumultuous relationship. Brown pleaded guilty in 2004 to a domestic violence charge stemming from an argument with Hynie and was let off with a $1,087 fine. He was accused of pushing Hynie to the floor at the home and threatening to kill her.

Hynie could not be reached Tuesday for further comment. A lawyer who has represented her in the past, Robert Rosen, was out of the country and could not be reached, according to a receptionist in his Charleston, S.C., office.

Brown, whose classic singles included ''Papa's Got A Brand New Bag'' and ''I Got You (I Feel Good),'' died of heart failure less than two days after he had been hospitalized with pneumonia, his agent said. Funeral details had not been set Tuesday morning.

Copyright 2006 The Associated Press.

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RIP JB.

[Jack68]

Originally posted by Mr. Vengeance
Among the greatest live albums ever.

yup,i played it last wweek actually.great stuff.