Chuck Brown Death Rumors: “False,” Says Manager

Twitter users started buzzing Wednesday morning that Brown had died

Despite Twitter rumors to the contrary, "godfather of go-go" Chuck Brown is still with us, City Paper first reported.

Brown recently had to postpone a performance at Howard Theatre; he was hospitalized in late April.

But then Twitter users started buzzing Wednesday morning that Brown had died. Sample tweet from @Why_SoSeriousB: "hold up Chuck Brown died???"

"False," Brown's manager, Tom Goldfogle, confirmed in an email to NBC4.

Brown's Howard show, now moved to June 29, is already sold out.

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