Family members stand by James Brown’s casket for his viewing that was held yesterday, at the Apollo Theater. Brown, who shaped American rhythm-and-blues, funk and disco genres for a half-century and was a charter inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, died of complications from pneumonia in the state capital Atlanta, Georgia, on Christmas. He was 73.
Just a heads up, one more picture of him in the casket is after the jump.
littlemamajtb, I think you are showing disrespect towards James Brown by comparing him to some clowinsh comic book character. The man was an icon in the world of show biz. Entertainers are like Mr. Brown were all about the glitter and flamboyance on stage and in the public’s eye. There is absolutely nothing wrong in bringing that image to the grave with them.
Besides, who else could pull off being waked at the Apollo in such style?
My only fear is that this event may give Flava Flav some ideas. Oh mannnnnn…!
samantha said:
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i don’t know what to say he looks like but he looks ugly.they could have at least tried to fix him up better and that purple suit that he was wearing was looking completely ugly.i don’t like the way they fixed him up at all.if it was me,i would have done a way better job than that.anyway, R.I.P James Brown
samantha are just about the most ignorant person ever.
you make all of those disrespectful and foolish comments, that have no relevance at all and then say rest in peace. do you even know what that means?
you don’t like the way they fxed him up WTF, do you even know this man or his accomplishments? and even if you don’t spend less time posting ignoramt ass comments and more time trying to get an understanding of how to respect your elders and people in general.
Was Little Richard at James Brown’s Funeral ??
I was concerned that we didn’t see him…
I was also concerned that Prince wasn’t there…
@25 Akai said:
“He looks like a dead California Raisin!”
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ROFLMAO! You go sit in the corner for the rest of the day and don’t say nothing else! OMG! You are gonna burn for that one! LOL!
Anyway, on a serious note, my condolences to the family! James Brown will be missed! Definitely a trailblazer that started it all! May he R.I.P.
Gone But Not Forgotten – People who passed away in 2006
January 6 – Lou Rawls, soul singer (”Lady Love”) age 72
January 14 – Shelley Winters, two time Oscar winning actor (”The Diary of Anne Frank” and “A Patch of Blue”) age 85
January 19 – Wilson Pickett, soul singer (”In the MIdnight Hour” and “Mustang Sally”) age 64
January 19 – Anthony Franciosa, actor (”The Long Hot Summer” and “The Name of the Game”) age 77
January 24 – Chris Penn, actor (”Reservoir Dogs” and “Starsky & Hutch”) brother of Sean Penn, age 40
January 30 – Coretta Scott King, widow of Martin Luther King and Civil Rights matriarch, age 78
February 3 – Al Lewis, actor (Grandpa on “The Munsters” and Officer Leo Schnauzer on “Car 54, Where Are You?”) age 82
February 4 – Betty Friedan, author (”The Feminine Mystique”) and early leader of the feminist movement, age 85
February 12 – Peter Benchley, author (”Jaws”) age 65
February 13 – Andreas Katsulas, actor (GKar on “Babylon 5″) age 59
February 18 – William Cowsill, singer (The Cowsills, band that inspired the TV series “The Partridge Family” ) age 58
February 18 – Richard Bright, actor (Al Neri in ” The Godfather”) age 68
February 20 – Curt Gowdy, sportscaster (”American Sportsman”) age 86
February 24 – Don Knotts, actor (Deputy Barney Fife on “The Andy Griffith Show” and Ralph Furley on “Three’s Company” ) age 81
February 24 – Dennis Weaver, actor (Chester Goode on”Gunsmoke” and Sam McCloud on “McCloud”) age 81
February 25 – Darren McGavin, actor (Carl Kolchak on “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” ) age 83
March 6 – Kirby Puckett,Baseball Hall of Famer who played for Minnesota Twins, age 44
March 6 – Dana Reeve, widow of Christopher Reeve, age 44
March 11 – Slobodan Milosevic. tyrant (”Butcher of the Balkans”) age 64
March 13 – Maureen Stapleton, actress (”Reds” and “Interiors”) age 80
March 26 – Buck Owens, singer, host (”Hee Haw”) age 76
March 25 – Richard Fleischer, director (”Tora, Tora, Tora” and “Soylent Green”) age 89
March 26 – Paul Dana, IRL race car driver – Rahal Letterman Racing Team, age 30
March 28 – Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of Defense under President Ronald Reagan, age 88
April 5 – Gene Pitney, singer/songwriter (”Town Without Pity” and “Liberty Valance”) age 65
April 17 – Scott Brazil, producer/director (”The Shield” and “Hill Street Blues”) age 50
May 2 – Louis Rukeyser, journalist (”Wall $treet Week With Louis Rukeyser”) age 73
May 3 – Earl Woods, father of golfer Tiger Woods, age 74
May 11 – Floyd Patterson, Heavyweight boxing champion and Olympic Gold medalist, age 71
May 14 – Lew Anderson, actor and musician (Clarabell on “Howdy Doody Show”) age 84
May 23 – Lloyd Bentsen, Secretary of the Treasury (under Clinton) and U.S. Senator from Texas 1971-1993, age 85
May 27 – Paul Gleason, actor (Principal Richard Vernon in “Breakfast Club”) age 67
May 30 – Robert Sterling, actor (ghost George Kerby in “Topper”) age 88
June 2 – Vince Welnick, keyboard player for the Grateful Dead, age 51
June 6 – Billy Preston, keyboardist (”Outta Space” and “Nothing From Nothing”) age 59
June 20 – Claydes Charles Smith, musician (co-founder and lead guitarist of Kool & the Gang) age 57
June 23 – Aaron Spelling, producer (”Mod Squad,” “Starsky and Hutch,” “Charlie’s Angels,” “The Love Boat,” “Dynasty,” and “Beverly Hills 90210″) age 83
June 24 – Patsy Ramsey, mother of slain child beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey, 49
June ? – Moose, actor (played Eddie on “Frazier”) age 16 ½
July 1 – Benjamin Hendrickson, actor (Hal Munson on “As the World Turns”) age 55
July 2 – Jan Murray, comic host (”Treasure Hunt”) age 89
July 5 – Ken Lay, fomer CEO of Enron, who was convicted of conspiracy and fraud, age 64
July 7 – Syd Barrett, musician (founder of Pink Floyd) age 60
July 8 – June Allyson, actress (”The Glenn Miller Story” and “Strategic Air Command”) age 88
Juky 11 – Barnard Hughes, actor (Grandpa in “Lost Boys”) age, 90
July 13 – Red Buttons, actor (”Sayonara” and Poseidon Adventure”) age 87
July 16 – Lt. Governor Win Rockefeller, Arkansas politician, billionaire great-grandson of Standard Oil founder John D. Rockefeller, age 57
July 17 – Mickey Spillane, writer (Mike Hammer novels) age 88
July 19 – Jack Warden, actor (”Crazy Like a Fox” and “Heaven Can Wait”) age 85
August 11 – Mike Douglas, singer and talk show host (”The Mike Douglas Show:), age 81
August 14 – Bruno Kirby, actor (Ed Funillo in “City Slickers”) age 57
August 30 – Glenn Ford, actor ( “The Blackboard Jungle,” “Put the Blame on Mame”) age 90
September 1 – Nellie Connally, wife of former Gov. John Connally of Texas (1917-1993) and the last surviving occupant of President Kennedy’s limousine when he was assassinated, age 87
September 2 – Bob Mathias, Olympic decathlete and U.S. Congressman (1967-1975), age 75
September 4 – Steve Irwin, Enviromentalist known as the “Croc Hunter,” age 44
September 13 – Ann Richards, former Governor of Texas (1991 to 1995), age 73
September 14 – Michael Hargitay,bobybuilder ex-husband of Jayne Mansfield and father of “Law & Order: SVU” star Mariska Hargitay, age 80
September 17 – Patricia Kennedy Lawford, sister of John F. Kennedy and former wife of Peter Lawford, age 82
September 22 – Edward Albert Jr., actor ( Don Baker in “Butterflies Are Free”) age 55
September 26 – Byron Nelson, Golfing great, age 94
October 11 – Corey Lidle, pitcher of the New York Yankees, age 34
October 14 – Freddy Fender, country singer (”Before the Next Teardrop Falls”) age 69
October 20 – Phyllis Kirk, actress (Nora Charles on “The Thin Man”) age 77
October 20 – Jane Wyatt, actress (Margaret Anderson on “Father Knows Best”) age 96
October 28 – Red Auerbach, legendary winning coach of the Boston Celtics, age 89
November 9 – Ed Bradley, journalist, longtime corresponent for “60 Minutes,” age 65
November 10- Jack Palance, actor (Curly Washburn in “City Slickers”) age 87
November 17 – Bo Schembechler, legendary football coach at University of Michigan, age 77
November 21 – Robert Altman, director (”M.A.S.H.”) age 81
December 25 – James Brown, Godfather of Soul, “I Got You (I Feel Good)” age 73
December 26 – President Gerald R. Ford, President of the United States 1974-1977, age 93
December 29 – Saddam Hussein,Butcher of Bagdad, age 69
Did anyone see Michael Jackson at James Brown’s Funeral ???
Man, that’s a strange looking dude…
Was that a wig he was wearing ??
I heard that Michael Jackson is moving to Las Vegas, and he will performing at one of the Casion’s on a regular basis
oh yeah, I have something to say about James Brown’s funeral…
As much as I respect James Brown, and love his music, it pained me to see him in that casket.
Whoever the Mortician/Funeral Director was should be shot…
That has to be the worst job of preparing a body I’ve ever seen…
James’s hair wasn’t done, and they should have applied MORE makeup to make him look more lifelike…
When I was in college I used to work in a funeral home, so I know what could have been done…
That’s mortician’s work was HORRIBLE.
R.I.P. Mr James Brown…!! Definitely ONE IN A MILLION!! 73 isnt old at all; and to be honest in the world of entertainment, many artist/celebrities tend to look old beyond their yrs at times from all of the traveling, entertaining, ups & downs, stress, etc. I think James Brown looked good for his age and he had also been pretty sickly. He was def a LIVE one! But I think by right, it was good to see him laid to rest in a more humble fashion….somewhat anyways.
Peace!~
His eyebrows don’t look right. He looks a lil different in the face
Perfectlyme wrote that “73 isn’t old at all”
Hmmm, how old are you, P, 72 ?
I’m kidding ! Don’t get mad.
Come on people, James has lived his life. I was at the funereal in Augusta Ga, & it was a great homegoing…this man has been through alot & he has lived his life the way that was enjoying for him,all that he has been through, God bless his soul…& no that was not a wig Michael was wearing I have close up pictures.
R.I.P James Brown we love you. God Bless.
Is sure a shame how they made him up after he died. He was too young to die. However he be the King of Soul always in my book!
I was offerd 5,000 for his hankerchief he thru at me, at the fox theater..in stcokton california,during his concert….a sign for me, and sentimental keepsake always will be pricless to me.