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Music icon Little Richard has died
He influenced legends from Elvis to the Beatles
Little Richard
Little Richard - photo by Associated Press
NASHVILLE (AP) — Little Richard, the self-proclaimed “architect of rock ‘n’ roll” whose piercing wail, pounding piano and towering pompadour irrevocably altered popular music while introducing black R&B to white America, died Saturday. He was 87.