Richard Pryor Dead

Legendary comedian Richard Pryor died late Friday night/early Saturday morning of a heart attack. He was 65, and had been suffering from the effects of multiple sclerosis for years, which had led to him vanishing from public sight.

Pryor's one biggest contribution to comedy will probably be seen his willingness to broach topics of race in a far more audacious, and confrontational, manner than any comedian before him. But more generally speaking, he will be seen as one of the all-time greats.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/10/pryor.obit.ap.ap/index.html

oh fuck.

ouch

damn... that sucks...

Him and Gene Wilder made me laugh so hard. G-Bye Prior. Find some rest.

That fucking sucks. He was one of the funniest motherfuckers to ever walk the planet.

I loved his comedy when I was an adolescent and it was considered offensive. Too bad about the MS and I am sure that the years of drug and alchohol abuse did not help.

Damn.

I thought he was already dead.

he really broke down so many barriers in the wrold of comedy. so many modern comedians owe almost everything to him.

That sucks, they played a lot of his comedy bits on XM Radio, sad to hear he passed away.

Congratulations?

I Ain't Dead Yet, Motherfucker!

What about his recent comedy special "I aint dead yet!"

That is very sad about his death, he was a great comedian. His stuff is still funny after all this time, classic shit.

You guys should check out Akira's article/eulogy for Richard Pryor.

That said, I had to sit down for a minute when I heard the news. Goddamn.