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R.I.P., James Brown

December 25, 2006 11:21 p.m. by John Zeiss

Legendary soul singer James Brown passed away early in the morning on Christmas Day in Atlanta. He was 73.

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2 Responses

December 26, 2006 at 11:05 p.m.

Eric Solomon

Favorite James Brown track: The Payback. Besides having one of my favorite lines of any song (I don't know karate ... but I know c-razy!) and inspiring one of my favorite EPMD tracks, it's just an ass-kicking, pissed off, 8 minute funk groove.I just listened to Christmas in Heaven. Sigh.

December 29, 2006 at 12:25 a.m.

Dave Park

Sad.

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