James Brown’s daughters said their Instagram inboxes are filled with DMs from their dad’s fans from places as far as Japan, Africa and Australia.

James Brown’s Daughters Say There Would Be No Usher or Michael Jackson Without Him. ... “When I saw him move I was mesmerized,” Jackson said during his speech at Brown’s funeral back in 2007.

He lay in an open golden coffin in the packed James Brown Arena in Augusta. Singer Michael Jackson kissed Brown's forehead and called him "my greatest inspiration". Black rights activist Al Sharpton ...