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Tomi Rae Hynie (born May 21, 1969) is an American singer who claimed to be the fourth and last wife of James Brown. [1] Singing career. Brown worked as a sound-alike Janis Joplin impersonator in Las Vegas and as a backup singer in the James Brown Revue. She contributed vocals to James Brown's 2001 song "Killing Is Out, School Is In".
Jul 24, 2021 · The estate of Brown, who died at 73 on Dec. 25, 2006, has been plagued by more than a dozen lawsuits since his death. One of the most prominent was that of Tomi Rae Hynie, Brown’s former partner...
Jul 24, 2021 · The performer’s death touched off years of bizarre headlines, b eginning with Tomi Rae Hynie — a former partner who claimed to be Brown’s wife — being locked out of his 60-acre (24-hectare)...
Apr 9, 2022 · On their marriage certificate, Tomi Rae Hynie had put that her marriage to James Brown was her first marriage. In January 2004, Brown filed to annul his marriage to Hynie (via People). Despite this, the couple still dated on and off for the rest of the soul singer's life.
Jun 18, 2020 · Weighing in on a 14-year-old legal saga yet again, the court ruled unanimously Wednesday that Tomi Rae Hynie, a former partner of Brown's who claimed to be his wife, failed to annul a previous...
Jun 18, 2020 · In an unanimous ruling on Wednesday, the state’s justices wrote that Tomi Rae Hynie, a former partner of Brown’s who claimed to be his wife, failed to annul a previous marriage, and therefore did not have a right to his multimillion-dollar estate.
Jul 24, 2021 · One of the central figures in the proceedings was Brown's former partner Tomi Rae Hynie, who has claimed to be his fourth and last wife. Hynie, who is the mother of one of Brown's children, was...
