Paul Mooney Has Passed Away - Age 79 (1 Viewer)

[John Dirk]

Paul Mooney was a ground-breaking and brilliant comic mind who would probably have achieved much greater fame had he also not been very vocal about race relations, especially as they applied to Hollywood. He wrote material for other great comedians such as Richard Pryor and also contributed material to Keenan Ivory Wayans' In Living Color and Chappelle's Show. While he did portray Sam Cooke in The Buddy Holly Story, Paul was not really an actor which is why I posted this here.

R.I.P. to one of the unsung greats.

Paul Mooney Suffers Heart Attack; Dies at 79

Comedian Paul Mooney passed away at his Oakland, California home on Wednesday after suffering a heart attack.

tvone.tv

 

[TravisR]

I was most familiar with him from his hilarious work on Chappelle's Show but any man that wrote for Richard Pryor is a giant in the field of comedy.