Singer James Brown, the music pioneer known as The Godfather of Soul, has prostate cancer and will have surgery next week, says his publicist.
The 71-year-old Brown, who just finished a two-week Canadian tour, will have surgery at an undisclosed hospital in Georgia on December 15, said publicist Simone Smalls on Friday.
Brown then plans to begin promoting his memoir, "I Feel Good: A Memoir of a Life of Soul," to be published in January.
Brown has had 119 singles make the charts and made more than 50 albums since his debut record, "Please, Please, Please," was released in 1956.
Fans wanting to direct well-wishes to Brown can address him at [email protected], Smalls said.
A member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award by the Grammys, Brown was recognized at the Kennedy Centre Honours last year where presenter Secretary of State Colin Powell called him the "Secretary of Soul" and "Foreign Minister of Funk."
The 71-year-old Brown, who just finished a two-week Canadian tour, will have surgery at an undisclosed hospital in Georgia on December 15, said publicist Simone Smalls on Friday.
Brown then plans to begin promoting his memoir, "I Feel Good: A Memoir of a Life of Soul," to be published in January.
Brown has had 119 singles make the charts and made more than 50 albums since his debut record, "Please, Please, Please," was released in 1956.
Fans wanting to direct well-wishes to Brown can address him at [email protected], Smalls said.
A member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award by the Grammys, Brown was recognized at the Kennedy Centre Honours last year where presenter Secretary of State Colin Powell called him the "Secretary of Soul" and "Foreign Minister of Funk."
