Rock legend Little Richard dead at 87

Little Richard died Saturday at age 87. File Photo by Heinz Ruckemann/UPI

May 9, 2020 (Gephardt Daily) — Little Richard, one of the pioneers of the rock and roll music scene, died Saturday. He was 87.

The flamboyant entertainer’s passing was confirmed by his son, Danny Penniman.

A cause of death was not released.

Little Richard burst into the American music scene in the mid-1950s, starting with the smash hit “Tutti Frutti” in 1956.

In the months that followed, he cranked out a series of chart topping songs, including “Long Tall Sally,” “Lucille” and “Good Golly Miss Molly”.

Richards was born Richard Wayne Penniman in Macon, Georgia in 1932.

Little Richard 1967 Photo Public Domain

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