"Godfather of Soul" James Brown has died at a hospital in Atlanta, Georgia at the age of 73.

Brown was admitted to Emory Crawford Long Hospital yesterday (Sunday) and was suffering with pneumonia. His agent, Frank Copsidas, told the AP that Brown died at approximately 1:45am Eastern on Christmas Day.

"On Saturday, he went to his dentist up in Atlanta, and his dentist told him something was wrong, and he sent him to a doctor immediately," Copsidas told the BBC World Service.