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| Comedian Richard Pryor dies at 65 |
| 2005-12-11 |
| Richard Pryor, who helped transform comedy with biting commentary on race and often profane reflections on his own shortcomings, died on Saturday at age 65 after a long illness, his wife and associates said. Pryor died of heart failure on Saturday morning after efforts to resuscitate him failed and after he was taken to a hospital in the Los Angeles suburb of Encino, his wife, Jennifer Pryor, told CNN. Pryor had been suffering from multiple sclerosis, a degenerative nervous system disease, for almost 20 years. Pryor, who marked his 65th birthday on December 1, had survived two heart attacks, triple bypass surgery and several run-ins with the law. |
| Posted by:Pappy |
| #3 RIP Richard. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-12-11 23:10 |
| #2 he was totally honest about that..."dipped his Chocolate chip cookies in whole milk, found there wasn't enough and added 2% lowfat and BANG!!!!" gotta appreciate the fact he could joke even about almost dying at his own mistakes, loved the guy and appreciated the lack of "excuses" - saying it was all his own bad decisions...is there anything more to ask of someone? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-12-11 23:09 |
| #1 Liked his movies but where was the mention of burning > 80% of his body with a freebasing accident? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2005-12-11 22:02 |