Little Richard Fast Facts

Birth place: Macon, Georgia

Birth name: Richard Wayne Penniman

Father: Charles Penniman

Mother: Leva Mae Penniman

Marriage: Ernestine Campbell (1959-1961, divorced)

Children: Danny, adopted (date unavailable publicly, now an adult)

2003 – Is inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

November 2008 – Rolling Stone Magazine places him at number 12 on their list of the 100 greatest singers.

2009 – Hip surgery leaves him in chronic pain after surgeons are unable to remove a broken bone.

October 2012- At 79 years-old, he plays a 90 minute show at the Pensacola Interstate Fair.

2013 – In a Rolling Stone interview, he claims he is finished making music.

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