JAMES BROWN PUBLIC VIEWING AND FUNERAL IN HOMETOWN ARENA NAMED FOR SINGER

Some of thousands of James Brown fans line up to view his body on display before the funeral service at the James Brown Arena in Augusta, Georgia, December 30, 2006. Brown died of congestive heart failure on December 25, 2006. (UPI Photo/John Dickerson)

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