On 8-6-04, Funk-soul singer Rick James dies at his Los Angeles home at age 56 from a heart attack. David Chappelle's skits about Rick and Charlie Murphy, put the ol boy Rick James back on the map. Stevie Wonder, Chaka Khan, Jermaine Jackson, Jamie Foxx, Berry Gordy and porn star Ron Jeremy are among the many celebrities who turn out for his funeral roughly a week later.