Little Richard is getting ready to meet his maker — and the ailing gay rock icon is shedding his Tutti Frutti image! The flamboyant wild man “knows that the end is near and he’s hedging his bets,” The National ENQUIRER has learned from an insider, adding: “Richard wants to get ‘straight’ with the Lord.” That’s even after Richard once came out of the closet as one of rock’s most beloved gay celebrities, saying he only stayed in the closet because “when I first came into show business, they wanted you to look like everybody but yourself!” Now, with his career sidelined by medical issues and contemporaries such as Chuck Berry and Fats Domino dead and buried, he’s readying himself for the end…
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In September 2013, Richard revealed he was clobbered by a heart attack. “I was coughing, and my right arm was aching,” he recalls. He survived because “Jesus had something for me. He brought me through.” Richard has since devoted himself to preaching and prayer.
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Facing his final curtain call, Richard isn't taking any chances that “gays” are unwelcome in heaven, as some ministers claim. “Richard is staring the Grim Reaper in the face,” says a source, “so he’s gone back in the closet!”
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In September 2013, Richard revealed he was clobbered by a heart attack. “I was coughing, and my right arm was aching,” he recalls. He survived because “Jesus had something for me. He brought me through.” Richard has since devoted himself to preaching and prayer.
Photo credit: Getty Images
Facing his final curtain call, Richard isn't taking any chances that “gays” are unwelcome in heaven, as some ministers claim. “Richard is staring the Grim Reaper in the face,” says a source, “so he’s gone back in the closet!”
Photo credit: Getty Images
