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Richard Pryor passes away

post #1 of 34
12/10/05 at 1:28pm
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Not sure which area of the HTF this belongs to, so I'll try here. According to his website, Mr. Pryor has passed on.

http://www.richardpryor.com/

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Iconic comic genius, Richard Pryor is dead today at 8:35 after a 19 year battle with multiple sclerosis.

Born Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor, on December 1, 1940 the multi-talented star was pronounced dead of a cardiac arrest at 8:00 am at a hospital near his home.

He is survived by his wife Jennifer Lee Pryor and his six children; Richard Junior, Elizabeth Storder, Rain Kindlin, Kelsey, Steven and Franklin Mason, and his three grandchildren.

Funeral services will be private with a memorial service by invitation.
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post #2 of 34
12/10/05 at 1:43pm
That is too sad. Richard was a true original.

RIP Mr. Pryor
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post #3 of 34
12/10/05 at 1:49pm
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Not sure which area of the HTF this belongs to, so I'll try here.
I'm moving it to Movies instead of AHL, because the bulk of Pryor's surviving work was in that medium. Even his amazing stand-up work survives in various concert films.

M.
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post #4 of 34
12/10/05 at 1:55pm
Rest in peace, Mr. Pryor.
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post #5 of 34
12/10/05 at 2:24pm
Yeah, an Academy award nominee deserves to be here in movies. God, this man was funny. All those laughs from so much tragedy. I'd call Pryor the first African American comedian to bring racial topics into comedy. He was, indeed by his own admission, raw and real but brilliantly capable of making the most sensitive topics hilarious. I don't know anyone who thought he'd survive his crack accident when he suffered third degree burns over much of his upper body, much less perform again, but he came back and took the horror of his experience and turned it into one of his funniest routines without relying on pity to get applause.

Thanks Richard!
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post #6 of 34
12/10/05 at 2:25pm
Richard Pryor is on a pretty short list that I keep in my head. It includes Bill Hicks,
George Carlin, Sam Kinison, Lenny Bruce and on his better days, Chris Rock.
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post #7 of 34
12/10/05 at 2:48pm
Man Really sad news. Rest in Peace, Mr. Pryor
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post #8 of 34
12/10/05 at 3:08pm
Oh no. Sad news indeed. Pryor was a comedy genius, a legend.


RIP Richard.
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post #9 of 34
12/10/05 at 3:18pm
I heard about this on the radio while walking home and it just seemed to knock the wind out of me. Very few incite this sort of reaction from me, but Richard Pryor was so damn brilliant... RIP.
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post #10 of 34
12/10/05 at 3:20pm
This is devistating news, he was one of the great one's indeed, i'm very saddened by this.

RIP Richard Pryor.
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post #11 of 34
12/10/05 at 4:01pm
This man made me laugh for so many years and it's really sad that this great comedian is gone from us. May he R.I.P.





Crawdaddy
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post #12 of 34
12/10/05 at 4:03pm
He was the king. Every comedian working today owes a debt to him.
What a loss Yet another example of why we need to beat diseases like MS sooner rather than later.
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post #13 of 34
12/10/05 at 4:06pm
All time favorite Richard Pryor joke...


"FIIIIRE"

His ability to make fun of himself in the most dire of times opened him up to his audience in a way most comics would never do. Amazing talent, paved the way for all comedians.

Rest in Peace.

Ryan
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post #14 of 34
12/10/05 at 5:11pm
A very funny man and will be missed.

RIP
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post #15 of 34
12/10/05 at 5:57pm
Rest in peace "Daddy Rich".
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post #16 of 34
12/10/05 at 7:12pm
Rest in peace, Mr. Pryor. You will be missed.
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post #17 of 34
12/10/05 at 8:14pm
RIP Richard. He was the funniest comedians ever.

I'm sure he's up in heaven having a coke and a smile and telling us to shut the f*ck up
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post #18 of 34
12/11/05 at 1:58am
At least Richard didn't suffer when it was his time to go.

Without him, there wouldn't be stand-up comedy, or if there still would be... it wouldn't be as good.

The man was way before his time... and hopefully now he's making crowds laugh in Heaven. RIP Richard Pryor.

Hopefully, the studios will release more of his work on DVD. I especially found his performance in "Some Kind of Hero" to be very moving; it definitely showed that he had great range as an actor. Hopefully I can enjoy his great performance again someday.
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post #19 of 34
12/11/05 at 3:48pm
RIP.
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post #20 of 34
12/11/05 at 6:59pm
Sad passing. I've enjoyed everyone of his movies and his stand up comedy. Chris Rock or David Chapell are nothing next to Richard Pryor.

When that fire hit your ass, it will sober your ass up quick!
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post #21 of 34
12/11/05 at 7:43pm
He was the best.

RIP Richard, thanks for all the laughs and helping a white midwestern kid see the world through different eyes.
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post #22 of 34
12/11/05 at 8:23pm
thanks for all the laughs and helping a white midwestern kid see the world through different eyes.


It doesn't get much better than that.
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post #23 of 34
12/12/05 at 9:33am
RIP
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post #24 of 34
12/12/05 at 3:24pm
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At least Richard didn't suffer when it was his time to go.


John,
Doesn't 17 years with MS qualify as suffering?
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post #25 of 34
12/12/05 at 11:33pm
Henry, what I meant was that at least his heart attack passed very quickly, and he was surrounded by loved ones, and as one of them (his wife, if I remember correctly) said, "He died with a smile on his face."

Of course 17 years with MS is terrible. That's one of the most heartbreaking things about Richard. He still had his faculties intact and a will to do so many things, but his body would not cooperate.

I'm really sad that he's gone. But I'm glad that when his time came up, he went peacefully, and that his heart attack didn't stretch into a long, damaging bout to live.
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post #26 of 34
12/13/05 at 12:20am
RIP
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post #27 of 34
12/13/05 at 6:10am
Absolutely brilliant comedian, but no really great or even so good movies. Some real stinkers too.

Still, his natural almost improvisatory chemistry with Gene Wilder on-screen is justly legendary.
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post #28 of 34
12/14/05 at 11:46am
Since Richard Pryor died, I've been trying to remember the film/stand-up performance where he made his famous joke about "The Amityville Horror" and the satanic "get out!" voice. Anybody know? I'd like to track it down on DVD or CD. Of course, it could be on multiple discs if he used the joke frequently.
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post #29 of 34
12/14/05 at 12:06pm
You know, I'm pretty sure I recall that's an Eddie Murphy skit from DELIRIOUS.
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post #30 of 34
12/14/05 at 12:10pm
Brilliant comedian for sure. RIP.
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