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He married my husband and I. He was really one of the truely great rock and roll singers and one of the rock and roll pioneers. He will be missed💜🙏🏻🌷</p>&mdash; Cyndi Lauper (@cyndilauper) <a href="https://twitter.com/cyndilauper/status/1259157630767058944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 9, 2020</a></blockquote>\n'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/tweet/instances/migrate-987thespot-41406-2@published'}, {'data': {'url': 'https://twitter.com/StevieVanZandt/status/1259126147662651392', 'html': '<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">RIP Little Richard. The man who invented Rock and Roll. Elvis popularized it. Chuck Berry was the storyteller. Richard was the archetype. Maureen and I were so honored being the first marriage he conducted. We were lucky to know him. He lives forever in the Underground Garage. <a href="https://t.co/D8NwRKcshi">https://t.co/D8NwRKcshi</a></p>&mdash; Stevie Van Zandt (@StevieVanZandt) <a href="https://twitter.com/StevieVanZandt/status/1259126147662651392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 9, 2020</a></blockquote>\n'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/tweet/instances/migrate-987thespot-41406-3@published'}, {'data': {'url': 'https://twitter.com/MikeBeauvais/status/1259171325261811714', 'html': '<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">On top of Tom Petty, Little Richard also officiated Little Steven Van Zandt’s wedding with Bruce Springsteen as his best man. <a href="https://t.co/zjegas710y">pic.twitter.com/zjegas710y</a></p>&mdash; Mike Beauvais (@MikeBeauvais) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeBeauvais/status/1259171325261811714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 9, 2020</a></blockquote>\n'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/tweet/instances/migrate-987thespot-41406-4@published'}, {'data': {'url': 'https://twitter.com/kencalvertshow/status/1259143877245767680', 'html': '<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Tom Petty married Dana York on June 3, 2001. The minister was Richard Penniman, AKA Little Richard. &quot;He did yell, &#39;Shut up!&#39; at one point,&quot; Petty chuckled. &quot;He was really nervous, but so was I. He gave a long talk about love and its characteristics. He was pretty inspirational.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/J0wLZJ5i5j">pic.twitter.com/J0wLZJ5i5j</a></p>&mdash; Ken Calvert (@kencalvertshow) <a href="https://twitter.com/kencalvertshow/status/1259143877245767680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 9, 2020</a></blockquote>\n'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/tweet/instances/migrate-987thespot-41406-5@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'Petty said of Little Richard officiating his\xa02001 wedding to\xa0Dana York,\xa0H"e did yell, ‘Shut up!’ at one point. \xa0He was really nervous, but so was I. He gave a long talk about love and its characteristics. 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