Singer Rick James Buried in Hometown
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Grammy Award-winning funk singer Rick James was laid to rest in his hometown of Buffalo, where 6,000 people paid their final respects.
“This Buffalo project boy was like a phoenix rising from ashes to the pinnacle of America’s musical world,” said his cousin, former Ohio Rep. Louis Stokes.
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