Kill 'em And Leave (2016)
“James Brown had been dead for four days, and the circus that surrounded his death—the media blitz, the howling of the relatives who began squabbling, and the hundreds of details involving his memorial services—had beaten Reid to near senseless exhaustion. He hadn’t slept in four days.
He was about to place his head on the desk and close his eyes for five minutes when the phone rang again. He picked up. A voice on the other end said, “Michael Jackson wants to come see James Brown.”
“When?”
“Toni...ght. We’re leaving LA by jet in about an hour.”
Reid hung up the phone and moved from his desk. He was bone tired but there was still much to do.
The chaos surrounding Brown’s death, up to that moment, had been like nothing Reid had ever experienced before. Brown died on Christmas Day. The next day his family, including Al Sharpton, gathered to plan his memorials and decided to hold three: the first at the Apollo in Harlem, the site of the recordings of Brown’s great live albums; the next a private one on December 29 in South Carolina for the family; and the last on December 30, a public one in Augusta at the arena, newly renamed in Brown’s honor.MoreLess
He was about to place his head on the desk and close his eyes for five minutes when the phone rang again. He picked up. A voice on the other end said, “Michael Jackson wants to come see James Brown.”
“When?”
“Toni...ght. We’re leaving LA by jet in about an hour.”
Reid hung up the phone and moved from his desk. He was bone tired but there was still much to do.
The chaos surrounding Brown’s death, up to that moment, had been like nothing Reid had ever experienced before. Brown died on Christmas Day. The next day his family, including Al Sharpton, gathered to plan his memorials and decided to hold three: the first at the Apollo in Harlem, the site of the recordings of Brown’s great live albums; the next a private one on December 29 in South Carolina for the family; and the last on December 30, a public one in Augusta at the arena, newly renamed in Brown’s honor.MoreLess
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