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James Brown's Body Allegedly Missing

James BrownWell, this is potentially super-bad news: James Brown's body has reportedly gone missing. According to the Daily Mirror, LaRhonda Pettit, a daughter of the late Godfather of Soul, claims that his body no longer rests in the crypt that he'd been kept in since 2006. Since his death, Brown's body has resided at his daughter Deanna's South Carolina house while the family has worked on mausoleum.

And Pettit thinks foul play's involved. "My daddy's body has disappeared. I have no clue where it was taken but I need to know where it is," she told the Daily Mirror. Brown died on Christmas Day 2006, due to complications stemming from pneumonia and heart failure. But Pettit thinks people were out for Brown's money and that his death was no accident.

"I'm convinced his death was suspicious and I want those responsible brought to justice," she said. "The only way to do that is to exhume his body and have an autopsy. It was common knowledge daddy took illegal drugs until his death. He was also hooked on painkillers. At the very least there were enablers who helped cause his death."

While Pettit's elaborations end there as to whom the grave robbers could be, it's not to say that she's totally out of left field. In 2007, she came forth claiming to be an illegitimate daughter of the Godfather, and DNA tests proved her assertion to be 99.9% accurate. Should Pettit's claims turn out to be right again, it's safe to say we hope there's some payback to whoever did this.

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krotch hamilton

You mean that JAMES BROWN is NOT BURIED !!!!!??? Good God, people. That's an abomination in itself !! His remains have got to REEK by now. I'll bet she doesn't get a lot of guests over with a putrid corpse stored in the house.
Bury Your Dead,
KROTCH HAMILTON

March 14 2010 at 2:14 PM Report abuse -1 rate up rate down Reply
guy

he should have been ashamed of himself for abusing so many drugs and bein an old man to boot.

March 13 2010 at 8:21 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
guy

Poppas got a brand new bag...her name is Momma.

March 13 2010 at 8:18 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
iamrdmd50

HELLOOO! Whether it was 3 years or 4 years...the stupidity is that someone would think we are going to believe that it takes that long to build a mausoleum..and that James Brown body just rolled away in a bright gold heavy casket without anyone seeing, hearing or knowing anything. Has anyone seen sight of the construction of this mausoleum yet?

March 13 2010 at 8:07 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Nuke Diver

James is still shaking 'em up.. He caught enough flack from people while he was alive.. Like Hendrix said:
"I'm the one who's got to die when its my time to die,
So why can't I live the way I want to?"
Good tunes, good times.. R.I.P. Godfather....

March 13 2010 at 7:23 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Seagull

Danced away!

March 13 2010 at 12:03 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
John Jubal

I believe the Skull & Bones might have it??? After all this sort of thing is right up their street!!!

March 13 2010 at 9:48 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Donald

Maybe a movie could be made from all of this, it could be called "A Weekend at Jamie's".

March 13 2010 at 6:31 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Deb

This is crazy that he's not buried yet! It doesn't take four YEARS to build a mausoleum! Something really does smell.

March 13 2010 at 6:26 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Glenda

If James Brown died on Christmas day, 2006, he has been dead for 3 years, 2 months, not 4 years as stated in so many of the comments. Some of you are so far off that you have said "more than 4 years". The stupidity of some people who post is mind boggling!

March 13 2010 at 6:07 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply