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Paul Gladney (August 4, 1941 – May 19, 2021), better known by the stage name Paul Mooney, was an American comedian, writer, social critic and actor. He was best known as a writer for comedian Richard Pryor. He played singer Sam Cooke in The Buddy Holly Story (1978) and Junebug in Bamboozled (2000).
- Paul Gladney
- August 4, 1941, Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.
- Stand-up comedy, television, film, books
- May 19, 2021 (aged 79), Oakland, California, U.S.
- Pryor’s Comedy Writer
- Actor and Writer
- Mooney on His Bond with Richard Pryor
Mooney had a long relationship with legendary comedian Richard Pryor (1940–2005), writing for his stand-up act, his skits on “Saturday Night Live,” and for Pryor’s popular comedy albums. He was also the head writer on “The Richard Pryor Show.”
Mooney was also an actor who played characters on “Chappelle’s Show,” where he was also a writer. He was in Spike Lee’s “Bamboozled” and played legendary soul singer Sam Cooke in “The Buddy Holly Story.” Mooney was also a stand-up comic and wrote a memoir in 2007 titled “Black Is the New White.”
“Opposites attract. It’s something I can’t really put my finger on. It was just supposed to be. And Richard and I really had nothing to do with it. It just had to be, like old souls.” – Popmatters interview – 2010
May 22, 2021 · By Lauren Michele Jackson. May 22, 2021. Paul Mooney died on Wednesday, of a heart attack, at the age of seventy-nine. Photograph from Michael Ochs Archives / Getty. “White” is an unsensual ...
- Lauren Michele Jackson
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Paul Gladney (August 4, 1941 – May 19, 2021), better known by the stage name Paul Mooney, was an American comedian, writer, and actor. He collaborated with Redd Foxx, Eddie Murphy and Dave Chappelle, wrote for comedian Richard Pryor and the television series Sanford and Son, In Living Color and Chappelle's Show, as well as acting in The Buddy ...
May 28, 2021 · Newsroom. Paul Hawthorne/Getty Images for TV Land. Paul Mooney, the comedic icon responsible for making nearly three generations laugh while pointing at the ills of society in the U.S., died May 19, 2021, at the age of 79.
May 19, 2021 · May 19, 2021 8:00am. Paul Mooney Johnny Nunez/WireImage. Paul Mooney, the pioneering comic, writer and actor, has died, his rep, Cassandra Williams, told The Hollywood Reporter. He was 79....
May 19, 2021 · NEW YORK (AP) — Paul Mooney, the boundary-pushing comedian who was Richard Pryor’s longtime writing partner and whose bold, incisive musings on racism and American life made him a revered figure in stand-up, has died. He was 79.
