August 12, 2004 LA Sentinel by Kathy Williamson Rick James, 56, was found dead Friday, at his residence in the Oakwood apartments near Universal City. James reportedly died in his sleep. An autopsy,...
The Cincinnati Post Staff August 7, 2004 Funk legend Rick James, best known for the 1981 hit "Super Freak" before his career disintegrated amid drug use and violence that sent him to prison,...
November 22, 1998 Buffalo News By Anthony Violanti Rick James is in Los Angeles recovering from a stroke and learning to walk again. It wasn't supposed to be this way for the self-...
November 6, 1998 Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) By Alan Dumas News Staff Writer Rick James is feeling like himself again, funky and bad. "You tell the people if they want to laugh and get...
October 27, 1998 Michigan Chronicle Staff When Rick James exploded on the music scene in 1978 with a song entitled "You and I," there had never been anyone like him before. His sound...