Nice Try By The Ex-Mrs. James Brown
Velma Warren Brown, 73, must have a terrible memory. She thought she was still married to soul singer James Brown at the time of his death, although they divorced in 1969!
The ex-Mrs. James Brown filed papers in Aiken, South Carolina and claimed that she and James Brown had married in 1953 but never divorced. She was right about one of those allegations, and sadly mistaken about the other.
Velma Warren married James Brown in 1953 when he was working as a janitor. They were legally divorced on August 6, 1969.
Had she not divorced the “Godfather of Soul”, his other three marriages would have been invalid. Velma would have stood to inherit about $100 million that his kids and other family members are now fighting to get.
