James Brown Dead At 73

The ‘Godfather Of Soul‘ James Brown passed away early Christmas morning in an Atlanta hospital.

Brown, the self-described “Hardest Working Man in Show Business,” was hospitalized with pneumonia at Emory Crawford Long Hospital on Sunday and died around 1:45 AM, according to his agent, Frank Copsidas. A longtime friend, Charles Bobbit, was at his side. Copsidas told the Associated Press, “We really don’t know at this point what he died of.”

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