Little Richard laid to rest at Alabama alma mater

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Little Richard was remembered not just as a rock 'n' roll pioneer but a man of generosity and faith at a memorial service at his alma mater where he was laid to rest Wednesday.

Mourners gathered at Oakwood University to pay their respects, many wearing face masks and standing a few feet apart at the outdoor service at the school's cemetery.

"I remember those of us riding around with him in Los Angeles, and he'd have money in the trunk of his car. Why he had money in the trunk of his car, only he knew, but he would take money out and give it to homeless people," Pollard said. "He was a very generous and giving person." "Once Richard met you and he knew you, he never forgot you," Pollard said. "He remembered your family, your mother, your father, your sisters, your brothers, whose birthday was it ... He had a genuine interest in people."His pastor, James Owens, said he re-baptized the legend a year ago.

Born Richard Penniman, Little Richard was one of rock `n' roll's founding fathers who along with Chuck Berry and Fats Domino helped shatter the colour line on the music charts and brought what was once called "race music" into the mainstream. His hyperkinetic piano playing, coupled with his howling vocals and hairdo, made him an implausible sensation -- a gay, black man celebrated across America during the buttoned-down Eisenhower era.

 

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This is the first time I hear about him apparently he wasn't famous because if he was famous I would have heard about him

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