Not everyone has an open-casket funeral. Because for some people, it seems weird. For others, it’s tradition. But since the law doesn’t require open caskets, you’d think famous people would opt out. Because goodness knows the paparazzi won’t stop trying to take their picture just because they’re dead. Don’t believe us? Well, these dead celebrities photographed at their open-casket funerals are all the proof we need.
James Brown
The singer/Godfather of Soul, often known as the progenitor of funk music, died on December 25, 2006 of heart failure. On December 28, 2006, fans and celebs viewed his body at New York City’s Apollo Theater, then again at the James Brown Arena in Augusta, Georgia on December 30, 2006.