Little Richard. Credit : Theo Wargo/WireImage for Consilium Ventures A private funeral was held Wednesday for rock and roll legend Little Richard, who died on May 9 of bone cancer at the age of 87.

Rock music legend Little Richard was laid to rest Wednesday at Oakwood University, a historically black university in Huntsville, Alabama, which he attended after he died at age 87 of bone cancer.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The love for Little Richard didn’t stop with his bandmates. Close family friends said he laid plans for this day well in advance. Little Richard knew long before leav… ...

Little Richard's place of burial is significant as Oakwood University was where the artist attended school to study theology in the late 1950s, said his close friend Pastor Bill Minson.