RIP Richard Pryor

[strangeanimal]

Richard Pryor dead at 65

Richard Pryor was a comedy legend, pure and simple. He didn't push the envelope, he made a whole new envelope and pushed that one.

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bad taste

[rymo.livejournal.com]

Chevy Chase claims victory.

[b-spider.livejournal.com]

That is sad, even worse that he stopped being funny nearly thirty years ago...had a brief resurgence after the burning incident... 8-(

[tsmaster.livejournal.com]

His birthday wasn't even two weeks ago - and the news reporter I heard announcing his birthday made a comment to the effect of "Can you believe it? This guy's still managing to stay alive!"

[Sigh.]

[thothmeister.livejournal.com]

Someone else mentioned this, and I checked it out on IMDB to be sure: Richard was a co-writer on Blazing Saddles.