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Some sources (including Pryor himself) say that late in the evening of June 9, 1980, Pryor poured 151-proof rum all over himself and lit himself on fire. [ 79 ] [ 80 ] [ 25 ] Other sources (including the Los Angeles police) say that what burned him that night was an explosion that happened while he was freebasing cocaine . [ 24 ]
Pryor plays Jo Jo Dancer, a popular stand-up comedian, who has severely burned himself while freebasing cocaine. The film came out six years after Pryor had set himself on fire while freebasing. The film came out six years after Pryor had set himself on fire while freebasing.
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 ...
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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.
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 ...
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 ...
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]