Richard Pryor, 1940 - 1965

I was lucky enough to meet Richard Pryor once back in the 1980s. I was about sixteen and we were on the set of the film Brewster's Millions. I was an L.A. kid, not too starstuck, but some where I still have the picture. He was kind and quite the gentleman, and it was after the fire incident so I remember seeing the burns on his skin. One can say that he lived a lot of life, through all types of experiences. And I suppose that that is the best way to live it.

Richard Pryor, comic voice of black America, dies
Richard Pryor, whose genius for turning personal tragedy and social injustice into humour made him one of the most influential American comedians of the last four decades, died yesterday.