The Wiz
1978
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Oct 10, 2022 · 1. He Died of a Heart Attack. American comic actor Gene Wilder, originally Jerry Silkman stars with nightclub comedian Richard Pryor in the action comedy ‘Silver Streak’. Pryor passed away on...
Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor Sr. (December 1, 1940 – December 10, 2005) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. He reached a broad audience with his trenchant observations and storytelling style, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most important stand-up comedians of all time.
Dec 11, 2005 · Dec. 11, 2005. Richard Pryor, the iconoclastic standup comedian who transcended barriers of race and brought a biting, irreverent humor into America's living rooms, movie houses, clubs and...
Apr 3, 2014 · He established Pryor's Planet, a charity for animals. Death and Legacy. On December 10, 2005, Pryor died of a heart attack at a Los Angeles area hospital.
Dec 11, 2005 · (CNN) -- Just days after his 65th birthday, groundbreaking comedian Richard Pryor died Saturday of a heart attack, his wife told CNN.
Dec 12, 2005 · Encino, CA – Richard Pryor, the groundbreaking comedian and actor whose uncensored, taboo-shattering style continues to influence comedy today, died on Saturday at his home in Encino, California. While the cause of death was cardiac arrest, Pryor had been suffering from the degenerative effects of multiple sclerosis for nearly 20 years.
