James Brown, the self-styled "Godfather of Soul", has died in hospital aged 73. Brown was taken to the Emory Crawford Long Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, in the US, on Sunday suffering from pneumonia and died early on Christmas Day morning, it was reported. The agency quoted Brown's agent, Frank Copsidas, as confirming the news. It is understood Brown died at around 1.45am on Monday, 25th December with his close friend Charles Bobbit at his bedside. The cause of death was heart failure, according to his agent. James was quoted saying "I'm going away tonight" sometime before he passed away
Internationally acclaimed for his passionate stage performances and groundbreaking musical style, he recorded countless hits including (Get Up I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine and Out Of Sight. Brown turned professional as a musician in 1953 and achieved popular success in the late 1950s. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, he dominated the musical scene with his innovative new style of rhythm and blues.
He was known by a host of titles, often self-bestowed, which included Soul Brother Number One, Mr Dynamite, the Hardest-Working Man in Showbusiness, Minister of The New New Super Heavy Funk, and Mr Please Please Please. His fast-footed dancing, unique vocal style and creativity in combining musical genres earned him a place in rock history. He described himself as the inventor of soul, a claim challenged by fans of his contemporaries such as Ray Charles and Sam Cooke.
Internationally acclaimed for his passionate stage performances and groundbreaking musical style, he recorded countless hits including (Get Up I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine and Out Of Sight. Brown turned professional as a musician in 1953 and achieved popular success in the late 1950s. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, he dominated the musical scene with his innovative new style of rhythm and blues.
He was known by a host of titles, often self-bestowed, which included Soul Brother Number One, Mr Dynamite, the Hardest-Working Man in Showbusiness, Minister of The New New Super Heavy Funk, and Mr Please Please Please. His fast-footed dancing, unique vocal style and creativity in combining musical genres earned him a place in rock history. He described himself as the inventor of soul, a claim challenged by fans of his contemporaries such as Ray Charles and Sam Cooke.
Personal Life
Brown was married four times. He and his last wife, Tommie Raye Hynie, were married in 2002, but the marriage was later annulled. They remarried in 2004 and had one child together. Brown also had two children by his first wife, Velma Warren, and three more by his second, Deidre Jenkins.Brown's personal life was marked by several brushes with the law. At the age of 16, was arrested for theft and served 3 years in prison. Adrienne Rodriegues, his third wife, had him arrested four times on charges of assault between the mid-1980s and mid-1990s.
Brown also served 2 years of a 6 year jail sentence after he led police on a car chase across the Georgia, South Carolina border in 1988. He was convicted of carrying an unlicensed pistol and assaulting a police officer, along with various drug-related and driving offenses.
Brown holds the record for the artist who has charted the most singles on the Billboard Hot 100 without ever hitting number one on that chart and he had his natural eyebrows replaced with tattooed ones in 1991
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