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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.
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Mar 15, 2019 · Late comedian Richard Pryor set himself on fire while freebasing cocaine in 1980, resulting in severe burns covering more than 50 percent of his body.
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- Dana Rose Falcone
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,...
Pryor incorporated a description of the incident into his comedy show Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip (1982). He joked that the event was caused by dunking a cookie into a glass of low-fat and pasteurized milk, causing an explosion.
Mar 4, 2015 · Pryor’s beloved grandmother Marie died at the end of 1978, which, according to Saul, plunged him into a long, harrowing depression. One night, in June of 1980, he was at home, in Los Angeles ...
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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...
Jan 15, 2020 · January 15, 2020. Richard Pryor's friends, family detail the day he set himself on fire in The Last Days sneak peek. A new ABC News special titled The Last Days of Richard Pryor, pairs...
