Official Richard Pryor website: richardpryor.com
Richard Pryor (Dec. 1st, 1940 - Dec. 10th, 2005) was born on this day in Peoria, Illinois. Raised in a brothel owned by his grandmother, Richard Pryor tried music as a drummer before his big comedy break on The Ed Sullivan Show and a series of successful, Grammy-winning comedy albums. Richard Pryor also made movies, including Lady Sings The Blues, Uptown Saturday Night, Car Wash, The Bingo Long Travelling All Stars, Greased Ligtning, The Wiz, Stir Crazy, Silver Streak, Harlem Nights and many others. Richard Pryor also battled drug abuse and illness in his career, including his near death from burns inflicted while freebasing cocaine and a battle against multiple sclerosis.
A feature film about Richard Pryor is currently in development. It was written by Pryor and his wife, with Mike Epps hand-picked by Pryor to portray him.
Rain Pryor , daughter of Richard Pryor, has a new book out called Jokes My Father Never Taught Me in stores now.
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