Richard Pryor

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Richard Pryor was a groundbreaking American stand-up comedian and actor known for his incisive, taboo-challenging humor and profound influence on modern comedy.

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instanceOf film actor
film producer
human
screenwriter
stand-up comedian
television actor
voice actor
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
Primetime Emmy Awards
surface form: Primetime Emmy Award

Writers Guild of America Award
burialPlace Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles
causeOfDeath heart attack
child Rain Pryor
surface form: Elizabeth Pryor

Mason Pryor
Rain Pryor
Richard Pryor self-linksurface differs
surface form: Richard Pryor Jr.
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1940-12-01
dateOfDeath 2005-12-10
describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica
The New York Times obituary
diagnosis multiple sclerosis
ethnicGroup African American
familyName Pryor
fieldOfWork film acting
stand-up comedy
television comedy
fullName Richard Pryor self-linksurface differs
surface form: Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor Sr.
genre black comedy
blue comedy
observational comedy
political comedy
satire
givenName Richard
hasSignature signature of Richard Pryor
imdbId nm0001590
influenced Chris Rock
Dave Chappelle
Eddie Murphy
George Lopez
Kevin Hart
Robin Williams
Whoopi Goldberg
influencedBy Bill Cosby
Lenny Bruce
Redd Foxx
languageOfWorkOrName English
mannerOfDeath natural causes
memberOf Kappa Alpha Psi
movement counterculture of the 1960s
notableAchievement pioneered confessional, taboo-challenging style in American stand-up comedy
widely regarded as one of the greatest stand-up comedians of all time
notableEvent suffered severe burns in a freebasing cocaine incident in 1980
notableWork ...Is It Something I Said?
Bicentennial Nigger
Blue Collar
Brewster's Millions
Car Wash
Harlem Nights
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
Richard Pryor: Here and Now
Richard Pryor: Live in Concert
Richard Pryor: Live in Concert
surface form: Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip

See No Evil, Hear No Evil
Silver Streak
Stir Crazy
Superman III
That Nigger's Crazy
The Toy
Wanted: Live in Concert
occupation actor
film producer
screenwriter
stand-up comedian
television producer
placeOfBirth Peoria, Illinois, United States
placeOfDeath Encino, Los Angeles, California, United States
religion agnosticism
residence Los Angeles
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States

Peoria, Illinois, United States
sexOrGender male
spouse Deborah McGuire
Flynn Belaine
Jennifer Lee
Patricia Price
Shelley Bonus

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Richard Pryor: Here and Now starring Richard Pryor
See No Evil, Hear No Evil starring Richard Pryor
Stir Crazy starring Richard Pryor
Superman III starring Richard Pryor
The Toy starring Richard Pryor
Wanted: Live in Concert starring Richard Pryor
Blue Collar stars Richard Pryor
Richard Pryor: Live in Concert workOf Richard Pryor