{"id":263653,"date":"2020-05-20T16:57:41","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T21:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/little-richard-remembered-and-laid-to-rest-in-alabama"},"modified":"2020-05-20T16:57:52","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T21:57:52","slug":"little-richard-remembered-and-laid-to-rest-in-alabama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/little-richard-remembered-and-laid-to-rest-in-alabama","title":{"rendered":"Little Richard Remembered and Laid to Rest in Alabama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-160710\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">    \t\t<!-- .entry-meta --><br \/>\n    \t<\/header>\n<p><!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" readability=\"29.5663775851\">\n\t\t<!-- adman_adcode_beginning --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"66.3413427562\">\n<section id=\"cb-29907b1bfdb229d1d4927c43bd664d39\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"w-100\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive-item\">\n<div id=\"video-player-8b3bd5c4-ce18-5253-ace6-48afacfdc110-1502951135-image-holder\" class=\"video-block-image-holder\">\n    <button class=\"embed-responsive-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-8b3bd5c4-ce18-5253-ace6-48afacfdc110-1502951135-play-btn\"><br \/><span class=\"sr-only\">Play video content<\/span><br \/><\/button><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"bass guitarist\" alt=\"bass guitarist\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Little-Richard-Remembered-and-Laid-to-Rest-in-Alabama.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">Atlanta Pictures \/ MEGA<\/span>\n   <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-73df2a24da94c392afad216c3292dcd7\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"33\">\n<p><strong>Little Richard<\/strong>\u2018s family, friends and former band members gathered for the icon\u2019s graveside funeral \u2014 a surprisingly low-key and private service for the legendary showman.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-c01d23cc3769a405863b9b219bacd491\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"37\">\n<p>Little Richard, or Richard Wayne Penniman to those close to him, was buried Wednesday at the Oakwood University Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Huntsville, Alabama.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-3ddb93843e396c2f262e6376631c3dd9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"39\">\n<p>The trailblazing rock \u2018n\u2019 roll star\u2019s niece, opera singer <strong>Brandie Sutton<\/strong>, sang during his service. Dr. <strong>Carlton P. Byrd<\/strong> delivered a eulogy, and Richard\u2019s family spokesman <strong>David Person<\/strong> gave some closing remarks before he was laid to rest.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-46151193e3321dd8a99f9ff30349819c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default \"\/>\n<section id=\"cb-4dda19ad1a1b52be7afd358d13d10e8d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"37.6415929204\">\n<p>As we reported \u2026 Little Richard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2020\/05\/09\/little-richard-dead-died-87-rock-music\/\"><strong>died earlier this month<\/strong><\/a> at his Tennessee home, surrounded by his brother, sister and son. His bass guitarist, <strong>Charles Glenn,<\/strong> told us Richard had been sick for a couple months before he passed.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-bc88b035d98d8c409274d7c11d123510\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"42.2171253823\">\n<p>The singer, of course, is known for his enormous influence over the rock \u2018n\u2019 roll genre, with insanely popular hits like \u201cTutti-Frutti\u201d and \u201cLong Tall Sally.\u201d The Beatles have credited him as an inspiration, and Richard paved the way for acts like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/james-brown\/\"><strong>James Brown<\/strong><\/a>, The Rolling Stones and even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/michael-jackson\/\"><strong>Michael Jackson<\/strong><\/a> further down the road.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-2f516f3148a80c3aeecedb175e7c786d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"33\">\n<p>As for his connection to Huntsville, he attended Oakwood University and studied theology on campus after he\u2019d already become a rising music star. He also recorded many of his hits in Alabama.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-ae1d81dbaab899bd63052c128e502be6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Little Richard was 87.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-5952bcce218791c4e1a1c3dc2322aaa4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>RIP<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2020\/05\/20\/little-richard-funeral-laid-to-rest-huntsville-alabama\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- adman_adcode_after --><\/p>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\">Sharing is caring!<\/p>\n<p class=\"gasd_author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/about-me\" rel=\"author\" title=\"Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson\">Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\"><span class=\"cat-links\">Posted in <a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/category\/categorized\/news\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a><\/span>\t<\/footer>\n<p><!-- .entry-footer --><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/little-richard-remembered-and-laid-to-rest-in-alabama\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Play video content Atlanta Pictures \/ MEGA Little Richard\u2018s family, friends and former band members gathered for the icon\u2019s graveside funeral \u2014 a surprisingly low-key [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-263653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263653\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}