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Little Richard   1932-2020    USA

Performing in New York in 1994

Photograph: Catherine McGann

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Little Richard – a life in pictures

The pioneering musician,

whose songs Tutti Frutti and Long Tall Sally

were among the most flamboyant of the rock’n’roll era,

has died aged 87.

We look back over his life and career

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Sat 9 May 2020    15.41 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/music/gallery/2020/may/09/
little-richard-a-life-in-pictures

Richard Wayne Penniman / Little Richard    1932-2020

Delving deeply into the wellsprings

of gospel music and the blues,

and screaming as if for his very life,

he created something new,

thrilling and dangerous.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/09/
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Little_Richard

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
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arts/music/little-richard-songs.html

https://www.npr.org/2020/05/10/
853494775/little-richard-made-music-vibrate-in-all-the-right-ways

https://www.npr.org/2020/05/09/
853294432/little-richards-life-in-10-songs

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https://www.npr.org/2020/05/09/
523627004/little-richard-obituary

https://www.theguardian.com/music/gallery/2020/may/09/
little-richard-a-life-in-pictures

https://www.npr.org/2020/05/09/
523627004/little-richard-obituary

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/09/
arts/music/little-richard-dead.html

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