James Brown's body goes missing, according to his daughter

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LaRhonda Pettit says 'My daddy's body has disappeared'

March 12, 2010

James Brown's body has been stolen, according to his reported love child LaRhonda Pettit.

The soul legend's body was put in a crypt after his death on Christmas Day in 2006. Since then it has been kept at his daughter Deanna's house in South Carolina while a public mausoleum was being prepared.

Pettit has now claimed the body has gone missing. Consequently, she says she is being denied the opportunity to carry out an autopsy to determine Brown's true cause of death, reports the Daily Mirror.

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[Brickbat]

1. Get down, James Brown!

[Skink]

2. Call Skull and bones.

they might now something about it.

[davsand]

3. "I feel good!! Like I knew that I would..."

Guess he's feeling a LOT better, actually.


:woohoo:


Laura

[slackmaster]

4. Good God!

:argh:

[asdjrocky]

6. Ya'll.

[asdjrocky]

5. "His reported love child"?

I can't help laughing at that. Who the hell says "love child" any more?

[OnyxCollie]

12. John Edwards.

[Wizard777]

13. Diana Ross everytimes she sings the song.

[peekaloo]

7. Get on up! Stay on the scene!

[Biker13]

8. Ha Moicy! Hep me now!!

[onenote]

9. uh-oh. Papa may really have a brand new bag

[MuseRider]

10. Oh my

this one has me hysterical! I just told my husband, he thinks old James would think that was funny too.

[Cetacea]

31. lol

[hfojvt]

11. my main man cannot help but suspect

THE MAN

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AhFnU9eUT0

[SidDithers]

14. I heard this, and broke out in a Cold Sweat...

then I wailed "Please, Please, Please" begging the body snatchers would give it up, turn it loose, 'cause Papa don't take no mess. But now, I got the feelin' that it's just the big payback. In a man's, man's, man's world, you gotta get up offa that thing to find JB.

Sid

[Fumesucker]

15. The Hardest Working Man In Show Business is probably just back on the job.. n/t

[mitchum]

16. Cool! If his good foot turns up on ebay, I'll be bidding!

[Bethany Rockafella]

17. This is serious!

I didn't realize theft of a dead body is comedy. Who knew?

[slackmaster]

18. I'm sure it's very hard on his family

But honestly I think the Godfather of Soul would see some entertainment value in it.

[Bethany Rockafella]

19. I don't think he would find it entertaining either...but that's just me.

Besides, the story is false according to TMZ. Thank goodness.

[Jackpine Radical]

27. New to DU, are you?

This is a pretty sick crowd.

Often hilarious, but sick, sick.

[Kaleva]

20. Why would anyone kept a corpse at their home?

[Jackpine Radical]

28. They didn't want to be stiffed?

[Cetacea]

32. lol

[gort]

21. James Brown's Body

James Brown's body is a-missin' from his grave
James Brown's body is a-missin' from his grave
James Brown's body is a-missin' from his grave

His Funky Soul is a-drivin' on!

[tinrobot]

22. I suspect he's not dead and hanging with Elvis, who also isn't dead.

[DemoTex]

26. And Ken Lay is buyin' 'em drinks .. somewhere.

[MrCoffee]

23. Karma's gonna hit someone with a Big Payback

You don't swipe James Brown's corpse, man, that ain't right.

[n2doc]

24. (Un)Living in America....

"Yeah, uh! Get up, now! Ow! Knock out this!

Super highways, coast to coast,
easy to get anywhere
On the transcontinental overload,
just slide behind the wheel
How does it feel

When there's no destination - that's too far
And somewhere on the way,
you might find out who you are..."

[420inTN]

25. Q: Who's buried in James Browns' Tomb? n/t

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

29. When coroners approached the body to perform an autopsy...

the body leapt to its feet and continued to dance, telling the coroners that indeed the body was not in need of an autopsy as was earlier suspected.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

30. Look in the hot tub.

[Name removed]

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[Swamp Rat]

34. Welcome to DU!

:hi:

[warm regards]

35. What...? This is crazy...or a publicity stunt.

[Initech]

36. Papa don't take no mess...

[chollybocker]

37. "James Brown's Body Announces World Tour"

Hardest working corpse in show biz. :)

[Hubert Flottz]

38. I thought James Brown's body lay a mouldering in the grave

Maybe he went looking for his "Lickin' Stick"

Maybe Tower Of Power really was "Still Diggin' On James Brown" and they finished diggin'