Is James Brown Dead?

Answer 1

Yes.
Civil rights leaders, entertainers and legions of fans turned out in force in Augusta, Georgia, today at a funeral for James Brown, whose music and message embodied a generation of revolutionary change for black Americans.

Even singer Michael Jackson made a rare public appearance, entering the funeral to massive applause as Brown's band, The Soul Generals, performed Brown's old hits.

Brown lay in an open-topped golden coffin at the front of the James Brown Arena, which was renamed in honour of Augusta's most famous native son in August.

Brown died of congestive heart failure on Christmas Day at the age of 73.

The legendary showman, known as the 'Godfather of Soul', was dressed in a black suit and gloves with a ruby red shirt.

Jewels sparkled on his lapels and the tips of his shoes.

An overwhelmingly black crowd of about 8,000 packed the arena for the public funeral and celebration following a private funeral on Friday and a viewing of his body at the Apollo Theatre in New York.

Some in the crowd at the arena had waited since 9:00pm on Friday for the start of the public viewing of the body.

Many more disappointed people crowded the outside of the arena but were unable to get in.

"James Brown in my opinion is the greatest singer of all time and I am his number one fan," 59-year-old Jesse Williamson said.

"My youth was a humiliating time [to be black] but as time went on Martin Luther King, James Brown and others made a difference."

Brown's music, with its staccato horns and guitars and his often explosive vocals, brought funk into the mainstream and has influenced pop and dance music since the 1960s.

Hip-hop artists revered him and dozens have employed his beats as the backdrop to their own songs.

Entertainers such as Michael Jackson, who built their careers in part on their dancing, have drawn inspiration from Brown's style.

In advance of the funeral, civil rights leaders Al Sharpton, a friend of Brown, and Jesse Jackson appeared before the crowd and soaked up applause.

Activist-comedian Dick Gregory and singer MC Hammer were also on hand for the service, which opened with a rousing set of gospel music.

-- Reuters

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200612/s1819744.htm

Answer 2

James Brown, The Godfather of Soul, yes.

James Brown from Fox Sports, known as "JB", no.

Answer 3

Yes, he died of heart failure at 1:45am at Emory Crawford Long Hospital in Atlanta Georgia. He died on Christmas Day.

Answer 4

He died Christmas morning at 1:45 am

Answer 5

Yes.

Answer 6

Yes.

Answer 7

dead on xmas, though from the last live preformance i saw of him in 03 he was dead a lonng timmme agooo.

Answer 8

Yep

Answer 9

yes

Answer 10

Yes, sadly he died around Christmas!