Flowers were left at the base of the statue in tribute to Brown, who died Monday in Atlanta. He was 73. One visitor to the statue, John Arthur Thomas, 73, of Daleville, Ala.
, said he stopped by because Brown was a legend and he had "done a lot of things from the heart to help people." "There were some troubled times in his life, like everybody else, but he meant well," Thomas said. "He is a legend.
There will never be another James Brown." Consuelo Miller, 32, of Syracuse, N.Y.
, whose husband, Rodney, is stationed at Fort Gordon with the U.S. Army, came to the statue with her son and stepdaughter so her children could say that they were there.
"I just wanted to bring the kids down here to let them see a great star," Miller said. "He is the `Godfather of Soul.'" The Rev.
Al Sharpton will officiate at Brown's funeral service, details of which were still incomplete, said Brown's agent, Frank Copsidas. Sharpton said he and Brown's two daughters planned to..
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