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Lionel Richie, 75, will talk ADHD, American Idol and daughter Nicole Richie in new memoir

Lionel Richie plans to release a tell-all memoir about his legendary nearly six-decade-long career. Lionel is also the father to daughters Nicole and Sofia Richie.

Richie – who was s potted with his 34-year-old girlfriend at Spago recently –went 'from a painfully shy, tragically late bloomer grappling with ADHD to his dramatic transformation into a world-class entertainer and composer of love songs that have played like the soundtrack of our lives.' The memoir will begin when Richie was a college student at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama at the height of the civil rights movement, then explores his time as a member of The Commodores before taking a look at the superstardom that came his way as a solo artist in the 1980s. 'Lionel Richie is not only a music legend who has long been a multicultural and generational bridge, he has witnessed monumental shifts in history and entertainment while working with some of the most significant talents of our age,' Judith Curr, president and publisher of HarperOne Group, said.

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