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Richard Pryor was born on December first Jerryd Bayless Jersey , 1940 in Peoria, Illinois to Leroy Pryor, Jr. and Gertrude Thomas. A tough, street wise kid, Pryor’s father won a Golden Gloves tournament in Chicago at the age of 18. His mother worked as a prostitute and bookkeeper. Both father and mother were violent alcoholics. Born out of wedlock, Richard suffered not just the stigma of illegitimacy, but additionally that of the eras racism. He had quite the tough life growing up and was subject to a lot of the things we all fear in life. When he was only six years old Darryl Dawkins Jersey , Pryor was a victim of sexual molestation. Only four years afterwards he was abandoned by his mother. Then he was expelled from high school at the age of 17 after striking a teacher. He never returned to school. Instead he looked for work in a packing house and then, in 1958, joined the army. He spent his two-year tour in West Germany, once again clashing with his superiors. Pryor returned home to Peoria in 1960, wedded the first of his five wives, and fathered his second child, Richard Pryor Clarence Weatherspoon Jersey , Jr. His first child, daughter Renee, was born three years earlier by a woman who had cheated on him with his own father! There seemed to be no sight of a bright future ahead for Pryor, until a door opened for him into the world of stand-up comedy.


The most groundbreaking and bold comic talent since the heyday of Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor was also the most controversial. Like Dick Gregory before him, Pryor explored issues of racial inequality with great insight and depth, tackling taboo topics that mainstream white America would have favored swept permanently under the rug. But while Gregory used the standup stage as a forum to preach messages of peace Charles Barkley Jersey , equality, and societal change, Pryor seethed with bitterness and fury; his was the fed up voice of the developing Black Power movement, uncompromisingly decrying the ongoing oppression of the conservative establishment while reporting on the Black experience with credibility and conviction. It’s safe to say that without having Richard Pryor there would be no Chris Rock or Dave Chappelle – comedians who mine a lot of the same territory that Pryor had already covered in the 1970’s. It was his work that paved the way for individuals like Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Chris Rock, and several others. Richard demonstrated that a black comedian could have a successful career producing content for a black target audience. Regrettably this never appeared to be understood by people making movies featuring Richard. I was never a huge fan of his mainstream films. They always seemed to keep Pryor’s brand of comedy reigned in. His stand-up comedy was where it was at: pure Wilt Chamberlain Jersey , undiluted Pryor.


Pryor’s stand-up genius has been captured in four stand-up feature films, Live and Smokin’ , Richard Pryor Live in Concert , Richard Pryor Live on Sunset Strip , and Here and Now. His numerous recordings have earned him two platinum albums, five gold’s, and five Grammy’s. Richard was one of the great renowned and groundbreaking comedians of our time. All the way through the 1970’s and 1980’s Richard was more or less America’s top comedian. He was also an actor Maurice Cheeks Jersey , and writer, and as said before, his controversial standup albums sold in the millions. Pryor used both personal and social tragedy for his comic content and peppered his performances with colorful vocabulary and adult humor. Even at the summit of his popularity, however, he suffered the frightening effects of drug and alcohol abuse, a heart attack, a suicide attempt Julius Erving Jersey , and the oncoming of multiple sclerosis!


Richard had made a significant impression on the comedy and movie worlds. As a stand-up comic, writer, and actor, he struck a nerve, with the American public, forcing it to look at large social questions of race and the more tragicomic aspects of the human condition. Though uncompromising in his wit, Pryor was a black stand-up comedian who revolutionized the art of comedy. Renowned for his frank style Ben Simmons 76ers Jersey , use of profanity, and fearless examination of racism, Pryor was as much a political satirist as a stand-up comedian.


Pryor had seven marriages to five wives, including two to Jennifer Lee (in 1981 and 2001) and two to Flynn Belaine (in 1986 and 1990). He had seven children: Renee, Richard Pryor Jr., Elizabeth Stordeur, Rain Kindlin (herself an actress) JJ Redick 76ers Jersey , Kelsey Pryor, Steven Pryor and Franklin Mason, and three grandchildren. From the early 1990s until his death in 2005, he lived a reclusive life in his Bel Air residence, reportedly not able to walk and rarely seeing any but a small cadre of friends. In his later years, Richard used a power operated scooter because of multiple sclerosis. He appears on the scooter in his very last film appearance, a small role in David Lynch ‘s Lost Highway (1997). Richard had an amazing mind for comedy yet he was also beset by demons Allen Iverson 76ers Jersey , many of his own making. His main topic of his stand up routines was himself, which meant that no one could argue with his credibility. He will be greatly missed by the entire comedic community and his influence