well me too was just watching some sort of documentary on the berlin wall ... and suddenly it switched to something like a James-Brown memorial and I was like WTF?!?!
Found this qoute about him from one of his close personal friends...
"He was dramatic to the end - dying on Christmas Day," he said. "Almost a dramatic, poetic moment. He'll be all over the news all over the world today. He would have it no other way."