When Richard Pryor died in 2005, the world lost a comedic icon who was a trailblazer in Hollywood. Known for his acerbic wit and his willingness to confront difficult topics, such as racism and ...
When Richard Pryor died of a heart attack on Dec. 10, 2005, it was hard not to imagine the pioneer of modern stand-up comedy in some club exclaiming “I ain’t dead yet, motherf-.” Pryor had been ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Richard Pryor, the groundbreaking comedian whose profanely personal insights into race relations and modern life made him one of Hollywood's biggest stars, died of a heart attack ...
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How One Night Made Richard Pryor a Comedy Legend
Required to perform safe and clean routines in front of primarily white audiences, the comedian had enough of club owners ...
The NPR-wide series In Character takes a look at fictional characters and their significance in our lives. Commentator William Jelani Cobb talks... Talkin' Trash, Telling Truth: Richard Pryor's ...
A series of hit comedies and concert films in the ’70s and ’80s helped make Pryor one of the highest paid stars in Hollywood, and he was one of the first black performers to have enough leverage to ...
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