Sunday, December 11, 2005

R.I.P. Richard Pryor

Last night, I got home from Christmas shopping and turned on the TV set to watch the news.  I learned that Richard Pryor had died of a heart attack.  He had been suffering from MS for many years.  I cried.

I grew up watching him.  I loved Silver Streak and Stir Crazy, the two movies he did with Gene Wilder.  There was a third one they did, but that wasn't as good as the other two.

He inspired Eddie Murphy and Chris Rock to become comedians as well as many others.

He'll be missed.

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