Richard Pryor
(1940-2005)
American comedian and actor
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Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor (December 1, 1940 – December 10, 2005) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. Known for reaching a broad audience with his trenchant observations and storytelling style, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential comedians of all time. Pryor won a Primetime Emmy Award and five Grammy Awards. He received the first Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 1998. He won the Writers Guild of America Award in 1974. He was listed at number one on Comedy Central's list of all-time greatest stand-up comedians. In 2017, Rolling Stone ranked him first on its list of the 50 best stand-up comics of all time.
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Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor Sr. 1 December 1940 Peoria, Illinois, USA
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10 December 2005 (aged 65) Encino, Los Angeles, California, USA
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| Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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Rain Pryor 3rd child with Shelley R. Bonus Female b. 16 Jul 1969 · Age: 56 · 1969- · American actor and comedian
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