Lucknow paints mural of Cliff Richard, he says 'thank you for remembering me'
Sir Cliff Richard
Pop icon Sir Cliff Richard was born in Lucknow in 1940
Sir Cliff Richard, pop icon since the 1950s sent some love to India on February 5 when Lucknow city painted a wall remembering him.
Born in India as Harry Rodger Webb in the city of Lucknow in 1940, Sir Cliff Richard as popularly known,welcomed the gesture.
He thanked the city for remembering him and wrote a sweet message for those behind the mural: "It’s 7 decades since I was born in Lucknow, India and I can’t believe that they would honour me there in such a public way.
If anyone in Lucknow is reading this, then thank you for remembering me. Cliff"
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The mural was painted along the Shaheed Path near Indira Gandhi Pratishthan inGomti Nagar in preparation for the UP investor's summit. It is a part of a project #BornInLucknow.
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Yogesh Saini, founder of Delhi Street Art that was behind the murals, said that they had honoured the people who were born in Lucknow and painted six murals that included one of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. He said,"After we painted the Richard mural, I went on Twitter to see if I could tag him. While Sir Richards is not on Twitter, I tagged a fan account that looked fairly official. Then I forgot all about it. This was three days ago."
Saini got a surprise on Tuesday when he received a message on his Facebook profile by a person who introduced himself as the owner of a radio station in New Zealand. This radio station owner turned out to be a friend of Richard who then shared the Delhi Street Art post with him.
Saini narrated:"This person told me that Sir Richard liked the post and had reacted to it. He then sent me a link to his Facebook account on which he had thanked Lucknow. I was super stoked that Sir Richard took notice and sent a personal note of appreciation! It shows that deep down he is a humble, down-to-earth person!"
Richard was born at the King George's Medical College hospital in 1940. His paternal grandfather lived in the colony near Sibtainabad Imambara in Hazratganj.