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Artwork depicting the image of Chuck Brown rests up against the barricades as his body lies in repose at the Howard Theatre in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, May 29, 2012. Mr. Brown died on May 16, 2012. He was 75.(Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Chuck Brown fan Karen Day, of Washington, D.C., takes a moment for a portrait as she joins other fans and supporters outside of the Howard Theatre as the body of Chuck Brown lies in repose at the Howard Theatre in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, May 29, 2012. Mr. Brown died on May 16, 2012. He was 75.(Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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A woman adds her signature to a banner with writings of other fans and supporters outside of the Howard Theatre as the body of Chuck Brown lies in repose at the Howard Theatre in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, May 29, 2012. Mr. Brown died on May 16, 2012. He was 75.(Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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A banner with signatures of fans and supporters is posted up outside of the Howard Theatre as the body of Chuck Brown lies in repose at the Howard Theatre in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, May 29, 2012. Mr. Brown died on May 16, 2012. He was 75.(Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Chuck Brown's daughters K.K. Brown (left) and Cherita Whiting (right) chat with reporters and supporters as the body of their father lies in repose at the Howard Theatre in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, May 29, 2012. Mr. Brown died on May 16, 2012. He was 75.(Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Crowds wait in long lines, in high heat, outside of the Howard Theatre as the body of Chuck Brown lies in repose at the Howard Theatre in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, May 29, 2012. Mr. Brown died on May 16, 2012. He was 75.(Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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A select crowd makes their way into the Howard Theatre from a side door, as the body of Chuck Brown lies in repose at the Howard Theatre in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, May 29, 2012. Mr. Brown died on May 16, 2012. He was 75.(Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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A city no-parking sign is modified to reflect the mood of the passing of Chuck Brown, as the body of Chuck Brown lies in repose at the Howard Theatre in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, May 29, 2012. Mr. Brown died on May 16, 2012. He was 75.(Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Linda Boyd of Washington, D.C., holds a drawing of Chuck Brown as she joins others in the crowd in a chant "Wind me up Chuck!" as the body of Chuck Brown lies in repose at the Howard Theatre in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, May 29, 2012. Mr. Brown died on May 16, 2012. He was 75.(Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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As the sun rises over the Shaw neighborhood, a poster of Chuck Brown is carried to be posted up along the sidewalk, as his body lies in repose at the Howard Theatre in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, May 29, 2012. Mr. Brown died on May 16, 2012. He was 75.(Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Raufu Bay of Washington, D.C., sells Chuck Brown souvenir buttons outside of the Howard Theatre, as the body of Chuck Brown lies in repose at the Howard Theatre in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, May 29, 2012. Mr. Brown died on May 16, 2012. He was 75.(Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Seen here is one of the hundreds of snapshots posted on an internal General Services Administration website of the four-day, $823,000 affair in Las Vegas in 2010.

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Supporters of South Africa's ruling party sing as they march through Johannesburg to the Goodman Gallery on Tuesday to protest the now-removed painting by a white artist of Mr. Zuma. (Associated Press)

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A man stands a next to an attempted copy of the offending art work by an unidentified artist of ruling party African National Congress (ANC) president Jacob Zuma outside the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg, South Africa on Thursday May 24, 2012. President Jacob Zuma is asking the High Court to issue an order that display of the now-defaced painting violates his constitutional right to dignity. The gallery and the artist counter that freedom of expression, also protected by the constitution, is at stake. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

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President Obama stands May 29, 2012, with rock legend Bob Dylan at the White House, where the president presented Dylan with a Medal of Freedom. (Associated Press)

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Former Beijing Mayor Chen Xitong (center) stands in Municipal Higher Peoples Court in Beijing in July 1998. Chen was deposed as Beijing's Communist Party boss for corruption and is serving a 16-year prison sentence. (AP Photo/Xinhua News Agency)