People walk past the body of "The Godfather of Soul," James Brown, on Dec. 28, 2006, at Harlem's Apollo Theater in New York. 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 Atlanta on Dec. 25. He was 73.
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