Richard Pryor, 65
Legendary comedian Richard Pryor has died at the age of 65 of a heart attack. The comedian - inspiration to a generation of younger comedians such as Eddie Murphy, David Letterman and Chris Rock - had been battling ill health, including multiple scelrosis for years.The San Fernando Valley resident starred in a number of films in the 60s, 70s and 80s, toured concerts and even had his network variety show. As well, he wrote a number of television shows and films.
Pryor was married six times (twice to two of his wives) and is survived by sons Richard and Steven, and daughters Elizabeth, actress Rain, and Renee.
Also: Former Senator and Presidential candidate Eugene McCarthy passes away.
Posted by Mayor Sam @ 12/10/2005 04:55:00 PM
8 Comments:
Stir Crazy is a funny movie.
I still loved him in Live on the Sunset Strip and his "dead honkey" bit on SNL.
God bless. RIP.
Pryor gets top billing over a presidential candidate... on a political blog. Ain't that the shit!
Maybe Tookie will live!
Letter from Pryor to Mayor Villaraigosa.
Richard Pryor Enterprises
4900 Valjean Ave.
Encino, CA 91436
www.RichardPryor.com
818-905-7882
Jennifer Lee Pryor
President
July 4, 2005
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
City Hall
200 N. Spring Street, Rm. 303
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Dear Mayor Villaraigosa:
We understand you are a friend to animals and that is why we are writing on behalf of our friends at In Defense of Animals (IDA) to express support for sending Billy, Gita, and Ruby, the elephants at Los Angeles Zoo, to a sanctuary and permanently closing the Zoo’s pachyderm exhibit.
As residents of Los Angeles, we think it’s outrageous that of the 12 elephants who died at L.A. Zoo since 1975, at least half never lived to see their 20th birthday. In the wild, elephants can live to be 70 years or older. Even worse, the suffering continues: Gita has painful chronic foot infections and arthritis – the leading causes of euthanasia in elephants in captivity. Billy’s abnormal behavior of repetitively bobbing his head up and down is a stress reaction to his barren, unstimulating environment. Ruby shares a small off-exhibit enclosure next to Gita, while she waits to be moved, yet again, to another zoo. And Tara, who died last December, suffered from extremely painful arthritis prior to her untimely death.
Elephants are Earth’s largest land mammal, and they require a vast amount of acreage to maintain physical and psychological health. L.A. Zoo is incapable of providing this type of space within its confines. To provide even 15 acres – which is still not much by elephant standards – L.A. Zoo would have to commit more than a quarter of its present exhibit space to elephants. In the wild, elephants move for 18 hours a day and travel 30 to 50 miles a day.
As the nation reflects on freedom and liberty today, please consider making this the last Independence Day these magnificent animals have to spend in a barren cell. Unlike any zoos, two accredited elephant sanctuaries in the U.S. provide elephants with access to hundreds of acres where they can roam and relieve the painful foot infections and arthritis developed from years of standing on hard soil and concrete. I made a choice to be an entertainer but these animals did not. It is our responsibility to ensure Ruby, Gita and Billy enjoy the highest quality of life that can only be found at a sanctuary. Please make the decision to send them to a sanctuary without delay.
Thank you for giving this matter your consideration.
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
-Martin Luther King
Sincerely yours,
Richard and Jennifer Lee Pryor
He also cared about other animals, from our local Pet Press
http://www.thepetpress-la.com/articles/richardpryor.htm
Richard Pryor is an ICON! Period. He transformed the comedy act and acting by being himself.
My favorite Pryor joke stand up is:
"dearly beloved, we have gathered her to-day, to say goodbye to the dearly departed. He was dear-ly, and he has departed. Thus, that's why we call him the dearly departed. In other words, the nigga dead".
Funny as hell. Rest in Peace Richard. I would not have gotten through high school as one of the only black kids in the entire school if i did not have Richard Pryor to quote and blame shit on!
Another cocaine addict died. How sad.
Did the President die? God rest W's soul. Oh, wait! Your talking about Pryor. Nevermind.
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