The rock'n'roll pioneer chose his final resting place to be Oakwood University, his alma mater Little Richard has been laid to rest at Oakwood University in Huntsville, Alabama following his death earlier this month.
The rock’n’roll pioneer, born Richard Wayne Penniman, passed away on May 9 at the age of 87 after a battle with bone cancer.
During a memorial service that was held yesterday (May 20) at the cemetery in Oakwood University (Little Richard’s alma mater), the late musician’s “kindness and generosity” was remembered in a eulogy. “What I really remember about Richard was not his stage performances, which were certainly formidable, but what I remember most about Brother Richard, not Little Richard, but Brother Richard, was his
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