For years, there have been rumors surrounding the death James Brown. It was just over 13 years ago that the world lost an icon after the 73-year-old reportedly died congestive heart failure resulting from pneumonia complications. It seemed rather cut and dry at the time, but a woman named Jacque Hollander has come forward in  were murdered. Adrienne passed away in 1996 following complications related to recent plastic surgery.

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We At the time, Dr. Marvin Crawford, the man responsible for signing James’s death certificate, revealed that he’d changed his mind about the cause death. “He changed too fast,” Crawford said. “He was a patient I would never have predicted would have coded. … But he died that night, and I did raise that question: What went wrong in that room?” 

Many loved ones the Godfather Soul share in concerns that he may have been murdered, and on Wednesday (February 12), Hollander met with Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard Jr. in Atlanta.However, thy have taken the mounds paperwork gathered by Hollander, will interview witnesses, and weigh the evidence provided before moving forward. An investigation into whether or not a case can be made.

This has been a painstaking effort by Hollander who has reportedly amassed thousands pages documentation and interviewed 140 people in connection with the deaths James Brown and his wife Adrienne. Police have reportedly refused to investigate in the past, so Hollander hopes that the D.A. will find some evidence to inquire further about the beloved legend.