Elton John, Mick Jagger, Viola Davis, and more paid tribute to rock and roll icon Little Richard on social media.
with his flamboyant performing style, gender-bending image, and energetic piano-playing and vocals.
Little Richard's fellow rock and roll pioneer, Jerry Lee Lewis, released a statement, writing, “It is with a heavy heart that I ask for prayers for the family of my lifelong friend and fellow Rocker ‘Little Richard.’ He will live on always in my heart with his amazing talent and his friendship! He was one of a kind and I will miss him dearly. God Bless his family and fans. Rest In Peace, my friend.
"I'm so saddened to hear about the passing of Little Richard, he was the biggest inspiration of my early teens and his music still has the same raw electric energy when you play it now as it did when it first shot through the music scene in the mid 50's," Rolling Stones vocalistwrote in a statement posted on Twitter.
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