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A Quick Goodbye to the Godfather of Soul
Dec. 25th, 2006 10:30 am
The Hardest Working Man in Show Business!
May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006
He was dramatic to the end — dying on Christmas Day," said the Rev. Jesse Jackson, a friend of Brown's since 1955. "Almost a dramatic, poetic moment. He'll be all over the news all over the world today. He would have it no other way."