Editing James Brown (section)

===Illness===
[[File:James Brown Memorial 1.JPG|thumb|James Brown memorial in Augusta, Georgia]]
On December 23, 2006, Brown became very ill and arrived at his dentist's office in [[Atlanta]], Georgia, several hours late. His appointment was for [[dental implant]] work. During that visit, Brown's dentist observed that he looked "very bad ... weak and dazed". Instead of performing the work, the dentist advised Brown to see a physician right away about his medical condition.<ref name="jbdental">Smith, W. (December 26, 2006). [http://www.newyorkbeacon.com/News/Article/Article.asp?NewsID=74983&sID=4 "James Brown, the undeniable 'Godfather of Soul' dead at 73"]{{Dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''The New York Beacon''. Retrieved January 10, 2007.</ref>

The following day, Brown went to the [[Emory Crawford Long Memorial Hospital]] for medical evaluation and was admitted for observation and treatment.<ref name="jbillness">[http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/24/brown.ailing/index.html "James Brown hospitalized with pneumonia"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061226195051/http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/24/brown.ailing/index.html |date=December 26, 2006 }} (December 24, 2006), CNN Entertainment News. Retrieved January 9, 2007.</ref> According to Charles Bobbit, his longtime personal manager and friend, Brown had been struggling with a noisy cough since returning from a November trip to Europe. Yet, Bobbit said, the singer had a history of never complaining about being sick and often performed while ill.<ref name="jbdental" /> 

Although Brown had to cancel upcoming concerts in [[Waterbury, Connecticut]], and [[Englewood, New Jersey]], he was confident that the doctor would discharge him from the hospital in time for his scheduled New Year's Eve shows at the [[Count Basie Theatre]] in New Jersey and the [[B. B. King]] Blues Club in New York, in addition to performing a song live on [[CNN]] for the [[Anderson Cooper]] [[New Year's Eve Live (CNN program)|New Year's Eve special]].<ref name="jbillness" /> Brown remained hospitalized and his condition worsened throughout the day.