{"id":481891,"date":"2019-02-06T07:50:17","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T14:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=788300"},"modified":"2019-02-06T07:50:17","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T14:50:17","slug":"family-and-friends-of-james-brown-believe-singer-may-have-been-murdered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/family-and-friends-of-james-brown-believe-singer-may-have-been-murdered\/","title":{"rendered":"Family and Friends of James Brown Believe Singer May Have Been Murdered"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A lengthy investigation published by CNN<\/a> on Tuesday alleges that the circumstances of James Brown<\/a>\u2019s death are suspicious and that his ex-wife Adrienne may not have died of an accidental overdose.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Brown died on Christmas Day 2006 from a heart attack and fluid in his lungs, but there was never an autopsy on the singer\u2019s body. The doctor who treated Brown before his death told CNN he \u201cdoubted Brown had died of natural causes. He suspected that Brown died of an overdose, accidental or otherwise.\u201d At least 13 people connected with the singer feel his death should be investigated or an autopsy should be performed; that list included Brown\u2019s daughter LaRhonda Pettit, who has since died.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is the stuff of a TV series in the not-too-distant future: CNN sifts through an extensive web of lies and conspiracy theories, stories of shadowy figures and estate battles, all connected in some way to one of the most famous soul singers of all time. Many of those who knew Brown best have died, or died while CNN was investigating, making the investigative work that much more challenging.<\/span><\/p>\n

The epic saga began when a reporter was contacted by Jacquelyn Hollander, a 61-year-old circus performer who was, at various times in her life, a songwriter and a member of Brown\u2019s inner circle. She has collected tons of paperwork and documents about the singer\u2019s life. Her stories seemed fanciful at first, but CNN discovered that many people, including a District Attorney in Gwinnett County, Georgia, thought Hollander was a reliable witness in general. She served as the CNN writer\u2019s entry into the seamy underbelly of Brown\u2019s world.<\/span><\/p>\n

The first installment of CNN\u2019s three-part investigation details Brown\u2019s legacy of alleged assaults or threats \u2014 involving a backup singer, an employee and Adrienne Brown \u2014 before offering graphic details about the time in 1988 when Hollander claimed Brown raped her in the back of his van. By then, she was a member of his inner circle, sang onstage with him and helped him raise money for charity causes; they had met when he agreed to record a song celebrating the Atlanta Falcons in 1985.<\/span><\/p>\n

Part two covers the death of Adrienne in 1996: Though it was ruled an overdose, CNN finds evidence that Adrienne feared for her life in the months leading up to her death, and a police informant alleges that the singer\u2019s wife was murdered by a doctor \u2014 his name is kept out of the story \u201cbecause he has not been named as a suspect in Adrienne Brown\u2019s death\u201d \u2014 who then made her death look like an accident. In addition, Brown\u2019s fourth wife, Tomirae, tells CNN that the singer himself believed his third wife had been killed. When confronted, the doctor claimed he has Alzheimer\u2019s Disease and denies any involvement in Adrienne\u2019s death. \u201cI know I had nothing to do with anything you\u2019re talking about,\u201d the doctor says.<\/span><\/p>\n

The final part of the story is devoted to a list of 15 different questions \u2014 for example, why was no autopsy performed on Brown\u2019s body? \u2014 that each form the basis for further investigation. Darren Lumar, Brown\u2019s son-in-law, was among those who believed the singer was murdered, but he was shot to death. There are rumors of a second will that has never come to light, a theory that Brown was poisoned, and a story about a mysterious vial of blood taken from the singer\u2019s body the night of his death that can reveal what killed him.<\/p>\n

CNN\u2019s research included travel to \u201cnine states,\u201d reading \u201ctens of thousands of pages of police and court records\u201d and interviews with approximately 140 people.\u00a0CNN asked so many questions, in fact, that\u00a0Russell Bauknight, the accountant running Brown\u2019s estate, placed the outlet\u2019s reporter on \u201ctrespass notice.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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A lengthy investigation published by CNN on Tuesday alleges that the circumstances of James Brown\u2019s death are suspicious and that his ex-wife Adrienne may not have died of an accidental overdose.\u00a0 Brown died on Christmas Day 2006 from a heart attack and fluid in his lungs, but there was never an autopsy on the singer\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-481891","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-13 17:40:31","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KQZR - The Reel","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481891\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}