Richard Pryor, 1940-2005

[Rel]

This is a sad loss. And I wish that he hadn't had to spend his final years wracked with MS too.

 

[BOZ]

Did this just happen?

I honestly thought he died a while ago.

he has been sick, and out of the public eye consequently, for a long time.

 

[Dark Jezter]

Did this just happen?

I honestly thought he died a while ago.

A sad day for comedy. He was hilarious.

Too many great entertainers have passed away in 2005.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Sad.

(Now wonders if George Carlin will set himself on fire with drugs. You know...to even out the score!)

 

[Henry]

Richard Pryor was a great comedian. I miss his original acts, and in a goofball way, I miss more his works with Gene Wilder.

 

[diaglo]

Bicentennial N***** was one of my favorites.

 

[Warrior Poet]

Rest in peace, Mr. Pryor.



Thanks for all the laughs. The afterlife just got funnier. Rest well.

Warrior Poet

 

[kenobi65]

A sad passing.

When I was maybe 14, my sister gave me, as a birthday present, one of Pryor's comedy albums, probably from the early '70s. I think we about wore that record out, playing it so much. Totally politically incorrect, of course, but funny as hell.

In his later years, he often came across as pretty bitter, but considering how much he'd gone through (the burning, the MS, a half-dozen marriages), I don't think it's too surprising. Still, he was a comic genius.

 

[jaerdaph]

I loved Richard Pryor's The Exorcist sketch on the original SNL. "The bed is on the floor... The bed is on the floor... The bed is on MY FOOT!..."

This is truly a great loss for comedy.