The Wiz
1978
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- The Los Angeles Police Department is convinced Pryor accidentally set himself afire while "freebasing," purifying cocaine with ether, a highly expensive and volatile process which gives drug-takers an extraordinary high. Pryor's attorney, David Franklin, announced that Pryor was lighting a cigarette when the flame ignited a glass of rum.
Jun 15, 1980 · Pryor, 39, fled screaming from his San Fernando Valley home the night of June 9, a human torch with flames searing away fully half of his body's skin. His entire upper torso back, chest, arms,...
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According to a 1999 profile article about Pryor in The New Yorker, Pryor was incarcerated for an incident that occurred while he was stationed in West Germany.
Mar 4, 2015 · Richard Pryor, Flame-Thrower. The tenth anniversary of Pryor’s death has prompted a documentary, a bio-pic, and the new biography “Becoming Richard Pryor,” by Scott Saul. Photograph by The ...
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Sep 28, 2021 · He also developed a drug habit that led to a serious accident in 1980 that left him covered in burn scars. Pryor fell ill with multiple sclerosis in the mid-’90s and died in 2005 at age 65.
Jul 6, 1980 · Police said they overheard Pryor tell doctors he had accidentally ignited freebase, a volatile (and smokable) form of cocaine and ether. Pryor's lawyer later claimed the near lethal flash...
Dec 11, 2005 · In 1980, news reports said Richard Pryor was close to death after suffering from severe burns on more than 50 percent of his body, and it was later reported that it was because he was...
