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HOSPITALIZED. Richard Penniman, 52, Evangelical minister who as the flashy, flamingly androgynous wailer Little Richard helped usher in the rock revolution in the ’50s with such hits as Tutti Frutti and Long Tall Sally; with a broken leg and bruised ribs, received when he lost control of a sports car and hit a telephone pole; in Los Angeles.
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