[Vision2020] Singer James Brown Dies

[J Ford]

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Singer        James Brown, the self-proclaimed 
"Godfather of Soul," who billed himself as the hardest working man in show 
business, has died at age 73, CNN reported on Monday.

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Brown had been admitted to Emory Crawford Long Hospital in Atlanta over the 
weekend for treatment of severe pneumonia, his agent, Super Frank, told CNN.

The singer, also known as "Mr Dynamite" is credited with bringing the word 
"funk" into mainstream musical vernacular and influencing a new generation 
of black music that spawned rap and hip-hop.

Brown's hit "Say it Loud (I'm Black and I'm Proud)" became a civil rights 
anthem during the turbulent 1960s and he performed the song at        
Richard Nixon's inaugural in 1968 -- an act that temporarily hurt his 
popularity among young blacks.

He had more than 119 charting singles and recorded over 50 albums, was 
inducted into the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame and received a lifetime 
achievement award from the        Grammys in 1992.





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