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Brown's burial near

The six adult children of singer James Brown have agreed with his partner, Tomi Rae Hynie, on where the entertainer will be buried, an attorney for Miss Hynie said yesterday.

Miss Hynie's attorney, Robert Rosen, said the resting place is being kept confidential at the request of Mr. Brown's children. He said the burial may take place in the "next few days."

Mr. Brown, also known as the Godfather of Soul, died Christmas Day at age 73. His body is being kept in aconfidential location, said Charles Reid, manager of the C.A. Reid Funeral Home in Augusta, Ga., which handled Mr. Brown's funeral, Associated Press reports.

Also yesterday, a South Carolina judge said the trustees accused of mismanaging Mr. Brown's estate will keep handling his property and trust, but a special administrator will oversee their work.

The singer's six adult children were in an Aiken County court Feb. 9 in an attempt to remove three trustees who are handling the late singer's estate. They claim it has been mismanaged. The children and Miss Hynie all have asked the court to appoint a special administrator to oversee the trust.

The trust is said to contain most of Mr. Brown's primary assets, including the late singer's music rights and his 60-acre Beech Island home, and is separate from Mr. Brown's will filed last week. The will calls for personal possessions such as clothes, jewelry, boats and automobiles to be divided among the children.

On Monday, Miss Hynie said Mr. Brown was worth "anywhere between $100 million to $200 million" during an appearance on CNN's "The Larry King Show."

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