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Little Richard, the high-pompadoured singer, songwriter and pianist whose explosive performances set early rock 'n' roll afire, died Saturday. He was 87.......Little Richard called himself "the architect of rock n' roll," and as much as he loved hyperbole and self-promotion, he was pretty much right. His musical career extended over seven decades, but he created the blueprint for rock n' roll — and for rock's most glorious excesses — in just more than two years at its beginning. He spent much of the rest of his life torn between the earthy impulses that brought him fame and the church that never stopped calling to him.
