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Dec 11, 2014 · AP. Comedian Richard Pryor's legacy still reverberates nearly 10 years after his death. Pryor took the most difficult troubling aspects of his life and turned it into comedy. He talked about being ...
From a childhood in a brothel to eight marriages (twice to the same woman) and seven children. From tragedy to triumph and back again, Richard Pryor has earned the status of Legend as a masterful storyteller, a multi-talented entertainer, a comic of acerbic wit, and a survivor with no self-pity. Born December 1, 1940, Richard Franklin Lennox ...
Apr 26, 2024 · Richard Pryor (born December 1, 1940, Peoria, Illinois, U.S.—died December 10, 2005, Los Angeles, California) was an American comedian and actor, who was one of the leading comics of the 1970s and ’80s. His comedy routines drew on a variety of downtrodden urban characters, rendered with brutal emotional honesty. Stir Crazy.
If you can think about a situation, you can deal with it. The big struggle is to keep your head clear enough to think. Richard Pryor. Thanksgiving, Believe, Struggle. 131 Copy quote. I had to stop drinkin, cuz I got tired of waking up in my car driving ninety. Richard Pryor. Funny, Drinking, Tired. 52 Copy quote.
Biography. Richard Pryor was the 19th inductee into the Official National Comedy Hall of Fame®. Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor was an American stand-up comedian, actor, and social critic. Pryor was known for uncompromising examinations of racism and topical contemporary issues, which employed vulgarities and profanity, as well as racial ...
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 ...
