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Tributes have been paid to singer James Brown, known as the "Godfather of Soul", who has died at the age of 73. He was admitted to hospital in Atlanta with severe pneumonia, but died at 0145 local time (0645 GMT) on Monday. The star was famous for hits including I Got You (I Feel Good), Papa's Got a Brand New Bag and Living in America. He "changed the music industry", US civil rights leader Al Sharpton said. "He put everybody on a different beat, a different style of music." "He pioneered it." 'Dramatic to the end' Flowers have been laid at a statue of the soul superstar in his home city of Augusta, Georgia, where Mayor Deke Copenhaver