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NPR It was this week in 1980 that Richard Pryor was severely burned by a "free-base" mixture that exploded. He was then hospitalized more than two months.
We remember the comedian, who died in 2005, in this gem from our archives.
105 months ago
Washington Post Sports “I don’t think so,” the Washington Redskins coach said when asked if Terrelle Pryor could one day play QB again.
108 months ago
Deadspin The Cleveland Browns receiver seems to be taking this season in stride.
111 months ago
Newsweek If Trump nominates Pryor to the Supreme Court, he would likely face a tough and lengthy confirmation fight.
111 months ago
TheRoot.com Arguably one of the greatest to ever do. #RIP
Former Boxing Champ Aaron Pryor Dead at 60
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Former junior welterweight boxing champion and one-half of one of the most electrifying fights of all time, Aaron Pryor, has died after a long fight with heart disease. According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, Pryor was surrounded by his family when he
Read more ... died Sunday. Pryor told friends when he was just a...
113 months ago
Washington Post Sports What DIDN'T Terrelle Pryor do today?
114 months ago
Los Angeles Times Entertainment Artist Glenn Ligon has been inspired by Richard Pryor since 1994, reproducing the text of his raw, often controversial jokes as paintings. Now in the video installation “Live” at Regen Projects, the artist approaches Pryor from a different angle
Read more ... (or two).
Glenn Ligon takes apart a Richard Pryor performance
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The work is an intriguing dissection of the 1982 concert film “Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip.” Ligon has stripped out the film’s sound and fragmented the image across seven screens.
126 months ago
TheRoot.com Murphy has always credited Pryor as being one of the reasons he wanted to be a comedian, so what better way to pay homage.
Eddie Murphy to Play Richard Pryor's Father in Biopic
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Two of the world’s funniest men have joined forces for Lee Daniels’ Richard Pryor biopic. Last year, it was announced that Mike Epps beat out Nick Cannon and Marlon Wayans for the role of Pryor in the much-anticipated biopic. Joining Epps in the
Read more ... movie is another man known for his...
133 months ago
Salon Richard Pryor is the father of modern comedy...
134 months ago
Salon "Pryor represented a different strategy, which, to my mind, is more accepting and perhaps more profound and more workable as politics. That is to say, everybody is imperfect."
134 months ago
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