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Rock 'n' roll offered me a platform to speak what I felt. It also offered me a platform to support my mama and my brothers and sisters - twelve children.
Little Richard
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Little Richard
Age: 87 †
Born: 1932
Born: December 5
Died: 2020
Died: May 9
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