Somebody needs to sue the morticians! JB looks so dry! It’s a shame. Someone should have administered some oil to him! And the hair ain’t right, either. He would be appalled to know that he’s looking like this in public. Well, at least I heard he was going to have a costume change for the next viewing. Here’s to hoping. R.I.P James “Soul Brother Number One” Brown.

They put alot of makeup on the man, wow!!
I was just at the apollo theater. RIP james!!

i just have one question for everybody, why is it that when someone dies everybody wants to talk so good about them and when you say whats really on your mind peolpe wanna get mad and upset? dont get me wrong james brown was a pioneer of music, he shaped and sculped what music is, and many of these rnb cats are just copying him but didnt he do many other things that wernt to cool.

I still can’t believe he’s gone…for some reason I can still picture him performin on the BET awards…concreteloop why yall had 2 show this? R.I.P James.

These pics r everywhere…thanks loop, cause I’m shole goin miss me some James…he was still gettin down in his 70’s! The world is changing, we are gonna miss men like him, Gerald, Rick, Luther, etc…there will NEVER BE anyone to carry these torches because these men were one of a kind, and that’s just it. Some of the jokes though…just plain damn ignorance.
Also, EVERYONE makes mistakes. Rick James did some bad shyt, but he still made a difference in a good way and he will forever be missed and remembered…as well as Big, Pac, etc. We embrace the good and bad because that’s what makes us human.

Wow James Brown, he looks so peaceful there. RIP.

What the freak! they could have done so much better on the makeup and hair. I’m not so sure about the outfit cause he actually might like it, he wore eccentric colors and beaded get ups, so, can’t really say. But regarding hair and makeup, I would have been so upset if i were related cause i’m already upset, and i’m just a fan.

It’s a damn shame once you die you have no control over how they make you look in the casket. I don’t think James would approve of this, but…

Rest in Peace James, and may God be with his family in this hard times.

RIP! He was so influential to so many artists!

I don’t know who the mortician was, but they did not do a good job on him.

http://lpe.ajc.com/galler...ing/1206/brownsatservice/

A sharper photo

James may have requested a purple suit when he passed…so let’s just pay our respects to THE MAN!

RIP “Godfather”

So sad, a legend is gone all some ignorant people can comment on is his makeup and clothes, Dont talk about the dead like that cos its not right.
RIP
JAMES BROWN

#71…I heard Chub Rock (old rapper) and Public Enemy-Fight the power. Thanks for that link.

#75…I agree, the young artists we have today don’t come close to the Legends. Whenever I see artists perform I see Michael Jackson and we all know MJ was influenced by James B.

#84 Thanks for that link. Some ppl on here are being disrespectful but it seems apparent to me that JB’s family wants ppl to comment on his attire b/c that was apart of who he was, a flashy dresser. What other reason would they do the change in clothes? I noticed in the link #84 gave us, JB has a red shirt and black bow tie and on this site he is in a bluish suit.

I feel like his family is sending a message that he was stylish when he was alive and he is still stylish at his passing.

If they’d buried Mr. Brown in anything other than what you see pictured above, he would have been the first since Lazarus to raise up and put a hurting on somebody.
That’s how Papa got down and they did him right!!

He will truly be missed. I had to sit through 3 consecutive viewings of Rocky IV, as my husband found that a proper remembrance for him.(we also tried to figure out the ad-libs to Living In America)

My favorite memory of him was an Arsenio Hall episode where he kept calling Arsenio ” Arsinya” I fell out three times watching that.

he was one of the best and will NEVER be duplicated…

RIP James Brown….

James Brown R.I.P wir hier in Dutschland werden dich vermissen. Du wars auch in good old Germany ein gerngesehener Gast. Wir Lieben deine Musik und werden dich vermissen also Godfather ruhe in Frieden. Ich denke da wo du hingehst wirst du auch die Leute begeistern mit der Music von dir und ich glaube du wirst eine runde mit Gott grooven und ihn den Funk zeigen der dich so liebenswürdig gemacht hat. Also da wo du jetzt bist wirst du nun eine neue erfahrung machen und als zukunftiges Talent in Form einer anderen gestalt zurückkommen und über uns und deiner Familie wachen.

Liebe grüße aus Berlin Germany.

Der Familie wünsche ich alles gute und sie sollen Ihn so in Erinnerung behalten wie wir ihn Kannten.

Sorry i could not say what i feel in englisch thats why i wrote it in german. PS my englisch is OK but you only can say what you feel in the language you know best.

This is the outfit he has at the Apollo viewing - he has another outfit for the funeral and viewing in Augusta today.

#18 - As for the comment about that they had to use a van to drive his body to the NY from GA - they did that because his family decided to bury him in a 24 karat gold coffin, and as you imagine it’s very heavy, and the small private planes could not accomodate the weight -and a commercial flight was not available until later. Since they had already planned the Apollo viewing, the only way they could make it in time was to drive all night from GA to NY.
So the funeral director and the Rev. Al Sharpton drove all night to get James at his “show” on time. They knew he would not have wanted it any other way.
He was known for his work ethic and being prompt and professional and they weren’t going to let his last show in the Apollo be any different.

So what was the purpose of Al Sharpton travelling with the funeral director? What was he going to do if someone tried to stop them? Just the thought of it makes me laugh. He would probably tell Jesus…’I need to set my ‘Rev.’ title to the side and I’m not going to worry about my hair. I’ll re-curl it when we get to NY’.

^^ - The purpose was probably so that the funeral director wouldn’t have to drive all night alone. It may have simply been for company for the man —
or just maybe, he decided that he wanted to accompany the body of the man he loved, respected, and consider like a father to him.

I think everyone should be created anyway. There is no reason(but money) to put all that money into burying a “shell” that is no longer of any use to you.
God bless the Godfather, absolutely love the man. My favorite is, Sex Machine. There never has been, nor will there ever be a funkier song.

he was a very good man he made very good songs that i like to listen to like i feel good.I wish he was still alive to continue his great life and finish his soul songs.It was nice having him around. to.My friend james

he looks so peaceful. he went to home his final
resting place and has never to deal with this world’s
trouble anymore. He will be missed!

i bet dey r ugly just like him

R.I.P to the GODFATHER OF SOUL… He will be truly missed.

Looks like he’s sleeping peacefully. God Rest his soul. People talik about how he looks, instead we should be talking about his half-century long career, and his life in good terms.

Al Sharpton throwing things together again……why did they rush, that’s why he looks like that

Very disappointed more stars didn’t show up at the GA service-especially the ones who made money off of him, P-diddy,Rakim/Eric B, Kool Moe Dee etc. & where was George Clinton & so many others who were influenced by him-thank goodness for Bootsy & MJ & Hammer because if it weren’t for them (as far as talent goes) that service would have been a parade of nobodys & the Godfather deserves sooo much more. RIP

rest in peace Mr. James Brown. this just makes me sad.

I agree with 102. I thought maybe I had missed something, but reading and seeing the photos, I too wonder where were the artist and celebrities. It truly is a shame that someone as influential as James Brown to have 3 services that no one in the industry he helped create could not find time to attend his funeral. At least Michaeal Jackson with all of his troubles made the sacrifice to pay tribute to one of the greatest entertainers of all time. I am confused and dissappointed that I did not see a larger turnout of his peers who benefited from his musical gift.

#70…. you know what they say about folks who make assumptions…. I’m far from a “youth”(pushing 40 actually)… Just happen to not have the same collection as you.

#102 Dee,

I agree with you…. Maybe some celebs attended a private viewing or something… James had too many friends in business to hardly have only a handful of famous faces show up.

RIP James Brown. He will be missed.

Not every celebrity has to come to attendance,some people don’t like funerals and stuff like that.Celebrities they families too and I’m pretty sure they sadden about this.Why do celebrities have to come?For a fashion show so we can decided what they wearing was trashy?He is dead Bless his soul.But I kind of agree with Itty Bitty too.It always been like that.But everybody goes through somethings in their life that they try to control,we can’t judge him.I’m pretty sure everybody had their share of doing bad things.RIP to Mr. Brown.

james brown you will truly be missed you are a legand and to the people that had something to say about him i hope GOD punish them.Iam 23 and my mother listen to your music all the time i like alot of old skool jams like sam cook,johnie taylor,cutis mayfield,and i love marvine gaye thats real music you will be missed but i know your okay and in a better place every body has to go one day iam blessed to still be living. R.I.P. JAMES BROWN

RIP James Brown

But y they got him looking like that?? I’m hella mad but then again it depends on how he looked at the time of death…that might have been the best they could do. I’m sorry but that suit is ALL him!!!

I think the biggest disgrace in all of this is that they say Usher is probably gonna play James Brown in a biopic. Usher, of all people! He doesn’t even qualify to wipe James Brown’s sweat, let alone play him in a film.

TALkiN BAD OVER A DEAD MAN’S BODY..WHY DOES iT MATTR iF UR MAkEUP iS RiGHT?!?..U DONT DiE 2 GO ON TELEViSiON FYi

First of all to all the people talking shit, especially Akai, eat a dick. You fools think someone is going to be looking normal after they are dead? U fools ever been to a funeral and seen a dead body. Do you know what happens at the morgue before ur buried? Go back and retake that biology class u failed so yall lil niggas can learn what happens to the human body after death.

Lawd, how good do you all expect a dead person to look?!? The man is DEAD, not just leaving a Tyra Banks Makeover show! Come on, people!! You all are focusing on the wrong thing. I’d like to see ONE person that looks EXACTLY the same way in death that they did in life. Things happen when a person dies: embalming, facial stuffing, transport to and from the funeral home….and you can’t forget that the person’s soul is GONE. That’s just a shell there now. The actual person is no longer there. Things are going to look different. Stay positive, folks.

My only complaint over Mr. Brown’s public viewing is that it looked like the Reverends Jesse and Al show with James in the backup position.

Hey, maybe the Brown family wanted it this way but I think the two Revs should have played their roles more on the down low side instead of the high profile side. They looked more like the gate-keepers who made it known that they were in charge of the whole shebang.

Did these two make Mr. Brown’s fans kiss their rings before approaching his casket?

most of you guys are idiots….talking about his make up and shit and then paying your “respects”

the man is dead, how else is he supposed to look?..there is only so much a mortician can do…theyre not god, they cant make the dead look living…

ppl are always going to find a problem with something

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

James Brown was the best performer I ever saw perform on tv or in person.
Rest in peace Mr Brown

no matter what his hair or makeup looks like he stil not with us anymore

You can tell alot of stupid youngins visit this site, just look at some of the shyt they write. He look like the joker, why they make him look that way?etc, how many folks that have passed look the same? lawdy. Why fugg would someone say he look like the joker? shyt isn’t funny, just dayum ignorant to the core.

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…!

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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.