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Occupations:	Actor
Birth Name:	Richard Pryor
Date of Birth:	Dec 01, 1940
Date of Death:	Dec 10, 2005
Genre(s):	Comedy

African-American comedian Richard Pryor grew up bombarded by mixed messages. Pryor's grandmother owned a string of brothels, his mother prostituted herself, and his father was a pimp. Still, they raised Richard to be honest, polite, and religious. Living in one of the worst slums in Peoria, IL, Pryor found that he could best ...

Hold The Laughter: Mike Epps Says Richard Pryor...

[Fri. December 15, 2006]

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1997	Sam Kinison: Why Did We Laugh?	Actor

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