At Washington, D.C.'s Walter E. Washington Convention Center Thursday, fans gathered for a memorial service for Chuch Brown, the Godfather of Go-Go. Brown got sick in early March and died May 16 at age 75, but there's little doubt that the musical icon's memory will live on in the District.
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D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray said that he planned to name a park after Brown. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) said that she wanted to turn Brown's Aug. 22 birthday into “Chuck Brown Day." And D.C. Council Chairman Kwame R. Brown said that he planned to create a "Go-Go Hall of Fame," the Washington Post reports.
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