The rock n' roll pioneer died this week aged 87 Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger and more have all paid tribute to rock’n’roll pioneer Little Richard, who died this week aged 87.
The star, real name Richard Wayne Penniman, known as a founding father of rock n’ roll died yesterday (May 9), with his lawyer Bill Sobel confirming the cause of death as bone cancer.
Paul McCartney has now added his name to the huge list of artists and musicians paying their respects to Richard. “‘From ‘Tutti Frutti’ to ‘Long Tall Sally’ to ‘Good Golly, Miss Molly’ to ‘Lucille’, Little Richard came screaming into my life when I was a teenager,” the Beatle wrote on Instagram. “I owe a lot of what I do to Little Richard and his style; and he knew it.
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