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James Brown — the “Godfather of Soul,” the “Soul Brother Number One,” the “Mr. Dynamite,” the “Hardest-Working Man in Show Business,” the “Minister of The New New Super Heavy Funk,” the “Mr. Please Please Please,” “The Boss” — is no more.

Brown died at 1:45 a.m. (0645 GMT) at Emory Crawford Long Hospital in Atlanta after being admitted there on Saturday for treatment of severe pneumonia, his manager, Frank Copsidas, said. Charles Bobbit, Brown’s longtime friend and personal manager, was at his side, he said.

No matter how much die-hard fans would moan “Mr. please, please, please, come back,” the “sex machine” will of course remain “dead on the heavy funk.” Global fanboy conferences are underway at this moment to discuss the possibility of erecting a huge statue of James Brown’s hair somewhere in the most visible part of Georgia.

via REUTERS

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