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  2. Richard Pryor - Wikipedia

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    Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor Sr. (December 1, 1940 – December 10, 2005) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. Known for reaching a broad audience with his trenchant observations and storytelling style, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most important stand-up comedians of all time.

  3. June 1980 - Wikipedia

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    Pryor [54] American comedian Richard Pryor was burned over half of his body after accidentally setting fire to himself at his home in Northridge, California. An emergency room physician at the Sherman Oaks Community Hospital said that Pryor had told him that the fire had been caused by an explosion while Pryor was freebasing cocaine in a crack ...

  4. Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling - Wikipedia

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    Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling is a 1986 American biographical [3] comedy-drama film directed, produced by and starring Richard Pryor, who also wrote the screenplay with Paul Mooney and Rocco Urbisci.

  5. All comedy is Black: How Richard Pryor killed the white ... - AOL

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    OPINION: Part two of our series on the history of Black comedy examines how Richard Pryor became the greatest comedian of all time by bringing Black comedy to the masses. The post All comedy is ...

  6. 1980 in the United States - Wikipedia

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    June 9 – In Los Angeles, comedian Richard Pryor is badly burned trying to freebase cocaine. June 10 – A Unabomber bomb injures United Airlines president Percy Wood in Lake Forest, Illinois. June 20 – Augusta AVA becomes the first federally recognized American Viticultural Area.

  7. Richard Pryor's widow explains why his comedy still matters ...

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    Jennifer Lee Pryor — who was married to Pryor from 1981 to 1982, and remarried him in 2001 — was closely involved in curating Time Life's box set, and remembers being struck by how his vintage ...

  8. List of Saturday Night Live incidents - Wikipedia

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    Richard Pryor's 1975 episode was reportedly run on a tape delay. On December 13, 1975, the show's seventh episode hosted by comedian Richard Pryor, SNL was ordered by NBC network officials to run the episode on a five-second tape delay. [1] The show's previous six episodes had all aired live on the East Coast. [2]

  9. Mike Epps says he was using cocaine when filming movies ... - AOL

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    The Indianapolis comedian and actor discussed his past drug use, the state of comedy and why he hasn't starred in a Richard Pryor biopic. Mike Epps says he was using cocaine when filming movies ...