'Heaven's Youngest Teenager'
Friends, fans pay respects to Rufus Thomas
The Commercial Appeal, December 21, 2001By Bill Ellis
As jokes were shared about his imagined entrance into the afterlife, Memphis R&B titan Rufus Thomas put smiles on people's faces one last time.
"Look at me, man, ain't I clean," went one quip, borrowed from Thomas's arsenal of one-liners by fellow black radio pioneer Novella Smith-Arnold, who also noted, "The world's oldest teenager is now heaven's youngest."
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