Viewing for Chuck Brown attracts hundreds

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Even in death, go-go king Chuck Brown shows up in style. More than one hour before his viewing opened to the public, hundreds of fans and mourners began lining up in front of Howard Theatre in the District to pay their respects to the Godfather of Go Go.

Inside, Brown was inside a partially opened casket and dressed in a black suit and yellow and black striped tie.  He also wore his black fedora and sunglasses — two accessories he was rarely seen without.

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