Little Richard will be remembered with the erection of a statue outside his childhood home in Macon, Georgia, following his death earlier this month aged 87. Just a week after the musician – real name Richard Wayne Penniman-was laid to rest in a low-key funeral, it’s been reported the Friends of the Little Richard House fund and the Community Foundation of Central Georgia are paying for the tribute, as well as a replica of Little Richard’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
According to Associated Press, Antonio Williams, a Friends of the Little Richard House board member, explained: ‘Little Richard’s contribution to music as a whole, to all the genres of music, was monumental and very instrumental in a lot of people’s careers.’ Organisers
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