# CNN Reports Richard Pryor has died
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-reports-richard-pryor-has-died/335063
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [December 10, 2005, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-reports-richard-pryor-has-died/335063 "2005-12-10T21:22:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2005, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-reports-richard-pryor-has-died/335063/1 "2005-12-10T21:22:48Z")
Nothing to link to at this time - just a header as breaking news.
Very sad, he was a very funny man who over came many personal demons.
Eve, you’ll need to update your list.
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### Author:  [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2005, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-reports-richard-pryor-has-died/335063/2 "2005-12-10T21:33:41Z")
I was just watching the " “101 Most Unforgettable SNL Moments” and saw the one where he’s doing word association with Chevy Chase. “Dead honky!”
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### Author:  [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2005, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-reports-richard-pryor-has-died/335063/3 "2005-12-10T21:34:23Z")
Watching CNN coverage now. Spike Lee just finished commentating.
Pryor was not a well man at the end.
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### Author:  [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2005, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-reports-richard-pryor-has-died/335063/4 "2005-12-10T21:38:12Z")
It’s on [cnn.com](http://cnn.com) now
[http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/10/pryor.obit.ap.ap/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/10/pryor.obit.ap.ap/index.html)
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### Author:  [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2005, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-reports-richard-pryor-has-died/335063/5 "2005-12-10T21:38:14Z")
[This breaks my heart, man.](http://www.dga.org/news/dgamonthly-0705/images/evnts_0705/images/rpt-rpeg-f.jpg)
This is a main reason why I don’t particpate in the SDMB Celebrity dead pool thread, although I’ve been tempted. Even when I get a guess right, it’d feel wrong.
I’ll have to buy his comedy anthology to cheer me up.
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### Author:  [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2005, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-reports-richard-pryor-has-died/335063/6 "2005-12-10T21:42:56Z")
I just came on here to post this same thing.
I’m not really surprised, because he looked terrible just about any time you saw him.
Pryor was a big influence on me, and also on just about every comedian working today.
I can’t properly eulogize him, and so I won’t.
But he will be missed.
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### Author:  [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2005, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-reports-richard-pryor-has-died/335063/7 "2005-12-10T21:50:53Z")
IIRC, Pryor had MS, and had been in rough shape for over a decade or so. It’s sad to lose such a great genius, but at the same time, it’s no doubt a blessing for him. I hope that Comedy Central decides to go all out and show every one of his films, since too many of the young kids these days have no idea of who he is.
I’ll never forget Robin Williams blurb on the back of Pryor’s autobiography
> [@](#):
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> I laughed, I cried, I set myself on fire.
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### Author:  [@mikeargo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikeargo)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2005, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-reports-richard-pryor-has-died/335063/8 "2005-12-10T22:02:04Z")
Farewell, Richard. May your soul find peace.
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### Author:  [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2005, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-reports-richard-pryor-has-died/335063/9 "2005-12-10T22:11:47Z")
> [@St. Peter](#):
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> Say, did that fellow just call me motherfucker?
While his struggle with MS was horrible, and I’m glad for his family for the release, a large part of the development of my sense of humor has just departed. RIP Rich…
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### Author:  [@\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Deep_F_ied)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2005, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-reports-richard-pryor-has-died/335063/10 "2005-12-10T22:26:44Z")
RIP Richard.
You will be missed.
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### Author:  [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2005, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-reports-richard-pryor-has-died/335063/11 "2005-12-10T22:49:04Z")
_We are gathered here to say goodbye to the dearly departed. He was dearly and he has departed, therefore he is the dearly departed. How do I know the niggas dead? He been lyin’ there for two days and ain’t moved a fucking muscle yet!_
When I was 12, my dad said, “Here, you’re old enough I guess.” and put headphones on me. It was That Nigger’s Crazy. I"ve been cursing up a storm ever since.
I’m saddened but he really hasn’t been well for years. Peace be with you, you crazy nigger.
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### Author:  [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2005, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-reports-richard-pryor-has-died/335063/12 "2005-12-10T22:56:15Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#):
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> IIRC, Pryor had MS, and had been in rough shape for over a decade or so. It’s sad to lose such a great genius, but at the same time, it’s no doubt a blessing for him. I hope that Comedy Central decides to go all out and show every one of his films, since too many of the young kids these days have no idea of who he is[
Yeah, although i think i’d actually prefer if they showed some of his (unedited) stand-up routines. That’s where he was really great, IMO.
R.I.P.
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### Author:  [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2005, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-reports-richard-pryor-has-died/335063/13 "2005-12-10T22:57:40Z")
I thought he was already dead…
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### Author:  [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2005, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-reports-richard-pryor-has-died/335063/14 "2005-12-10T22:58:24Z")
“When you’re on fire, people will get out of your way!”
RIP Richard
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### Author:  [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2005, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-reports-richard-pryor-has-died/335063/15 "2005-12-10T23:02:03Z")
I just saw the headline online. Damn. I guess it’s a consolation that he’s at rest now since he hadn’t been well for years but it still sucks.
Now I want to rent The Silver Streak.
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### Author:  [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2005, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-reports-richard-pryor-has-died/335063/16 "2005-12-10T23:07:35Z")
> [@Neurotik](#):
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> I thought he was already dead…
Same here.
(Who was I thinking of? Gene Wilder?)
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### Author:  [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2005, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-reports-richard-pryor-has-died/335063/17 "2005-12-10T23:12:53Z")
When I get home tonight I’m going to stick a wet Q-Tip in my ear and make monkey noises.
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### Author:  [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2005, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-reports-richard-pryor-has-died/335063/18 "2005-12-10T23:13:29Z")
I can’t be surprised, but I’m sorry to hear it. Although my mother was pretty surprised when I told her just now. Talk about your influential comedians and he’s way up there.
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### Author:  [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2005, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-reports-richard-pryor-has-died/335063/19 "2005-12-10T23:15:04Z")
> [@KGS](#):
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> Same here.
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> (Who was I thinking of? Gene Wilder?)
If so, you were wrong there too. He is, as far as i know, still around.
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### Author:  [@Agnostic\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agnostic_Pagan)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2005, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-reports-richard-pryor-has-died/335063/20 "2005-12-10T23:29:04Z")
I just saw this on Yahoo, and came over here to pay my respects. He was not my favorite, but he blazed the trail for them. I can’t imagine how different comedy would be without his example.
RIP Richard
AP
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