<p>Hours after the death of her husband, James Brown's wife said she returned to their home but was denied entrance, The Augusta Chronicle reported.</p><p>Tomi Rae Brown, who was one of James Brown's backup singers, said she banged at the iron gate to the home to no avail. The gate was padlocked, the newspaper said in Tuesday editions.</p><p>James Brown, 73, died early Monday in an Atlanta hospital of heart failure.</p><p>Brown's lawyer, Buddy Dallas, and accountant, David Cannon, would not allow Mrs. Brown access to the home, she said.</p><p>Mrs. Brown said she does not own the deed to the home, but said she had a legal right to live there with her and Brown's 5-year-old son.</p><p>"This is my home," Mrs. Brown told a reporter for the newspaper outside the gate of the house. "I don't have any money. I don't have anywhere to go."</p><p>Cannon would not comment on the situation, the newspaper said. It said security guards at the Brown residence told them that Dallas had instructed them not to comment to the media. A phone message left for Dallas was not immediately returned.</p><p>___</p><p>HASH(0x1cd9bfc)</p>
