Lionel Richie’s father is Lionel Brockman Richie. Brockman was born on October 08, 1915, in the United States of America and died May 23, 1990, at the of 74 of a heart attack.
Lionel Richie had his high school education at Joliet Township High School, East Campus in Joliet, Illinois, after which he enrolled at Tuskegee Institute where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in economics in the 1960s.
Whiles in Tuskegee, he formed a succession of R&B groups. In 1968, he became part of the Commodores where he became a singer and saxophonist. The Commodores signed a recording contract with Atlantic Records in 1968 for one record before moving on to Motown Records.
Before Lionel got into music, he had intentions of going to study divinity to become a priest in the Episcopal Church where he was baptised, but he felt he was not a priest material which made him change his mind and pursue music.
He is a member of Kappa Kappa Psi, a national honour fraternity for band members and an active life member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.[.
Lionel Brockman Richie Great Grandchildren: Meet Harlow Madden and Sparrow Madden
Lionel Brockman Richie’s great-grandchildren are Harlow Madden and Sparrow Madden.
Harlow Madden was born in 2008 to Nicole Richie, Lionel Richie’s daughter and Joel Madden.
Sparrow Madden was also born in 2009 to parents Nicole Richie, Lionel Richie’s daughter and Joel Madden.
