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DATE: WEDNESDAY, February 27, 1991                   TAG: 9102270561
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-5   EDITION: EVENING 
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DATELINE: COLUMBIA, S.C.                                LENGTH: Short


`GODFATHER OF SOUL' GRANTED EARLY PAROLE

Soul legend James Brown, imprisoned for more than two years for assault, was granted parole effective today.

The state parole board decided Brown should be released in advance of March 8, the day he was to be eligible for release for a parole that continues until Oct. 23, 1993. He still must serve five years on probation.

The 57-year-old two-time Grammy winner, who called his imprisonment "a great learning experience," said he should finish a new album in April that could be in stores by June. - Associated Press



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