Charlie Brown, the legendarily bawdy and bold drag queen who graced countless stages across Atlanta over the past half-century, took his final bow on Thursday.
Brown died at Piedmont Hospital due to an infection that set in recently following heart surgery earlier this year, according to Atlanta journalist Richard Eldredge. Brown was 74.
Tributes poured in on social media Friday as news of Brown’s death spread.
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