Music
"Godfather of Soul" James Brown has died at a hospital in Atlanta, Georgia at the age of 73.
Brown was admitted to Emory Crawford Long Hospital yesterday (Sunday) and was suffering with pneumonia. His agent, Frank Copsidas, told the AP that Brown died at approximately 1:45am Eastern on Christmas Day.
"On Saturday, he went to his dentist up in Atlanta, and his dentist told him something was wrong, and he sent him to a doctor immediately," Copsidas told the BBC World Service.
Born on May 3, 1933 in Barnwell, South Carolina, the "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" singer had a troubled start - entering juvenile detention in 1948 - but upon release, he turned his attentions to music and had his first hit in 1956. He went on to have continued success in the Billboard charts, but continued personal troubles resulted in a three-year imprisonment from 1988-1991 and a spate of arrests during the 1990s. In 2005, he performed during Live 8 and last month he was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame.
Brown was admitted to Emory Crawford Long Hospital yesterday (Sunday) and was suffering with pneumonia. His agent, Frank Copsidas, told the AP that Brown died at approximately 1:45am Eastern on Christmas Day.
"On Saturday, he went to his dentist up in Atlanta, and his dentist told him something was wrong, and he sent him to a doctor immediately," Copsidas told the BBC World Service.
Born on May 3, 1933 in Barnwell, South Carolina, the "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" singer had a troubled start - entering juvenile detention in 1948 - but upon release, he turned his attentions to music and had his first hit in 1956. He went on to have continued success in the Billboard charts, but continued personal troubles resulted in a three-year imprisonment from 1988-1991 and a spate of arrests during the 1990s. In 2005, he performed during Live 8 and last month he was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame.
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