In 2020, Brown’s friend Andre White died, taking his secrets to his grave — including the whereabouts of what he claimed was a vial of blood that might have shed light on what killed Brown.

A strange phone call reveals a question from the grave – was The Godfather of Soul murdered? Almost 40 years ago, a songwriter found herself in musician James Brown’s inner circle. The ...

The One: The Life and Music of James Brown RJ Smith Gotham Books. In the early 1970s, ... keeping his money in cardboard boxes and buried in his yard, and he didn’t file a tax return until 1967.