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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.

bad taste

Date: 2005-12-11 12:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rymo.livejournal.com
Chevy Chase claims victory.

Date: 2005-12-11 02:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 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-(

Date: 2005-12-11 10:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 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.]

Date: 2005-12-15 01:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 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.

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