Richard Pryor overleden

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Richard Pryor, the caustic yet perceptive actor-comedian who lived dangerously close to the edge both on stage and off, died Saturday. He was 65.

Pryor died shortly before 8 a.m. of a heart attack after being taken to a hospital from his home in the San Fernando Valley, said his business manager, Karen Finch. He had been ill for years with multiple sclerosis, a degenerative disease of the nervous system.

"He did not suffer, he went quickly and at the end there was a smile on his face," his wife, Jennifer Pryor, said. "I'm honored now that I have an opportunity to protect and continue his legacy because he's a very, very, very amazing man and he opened doors to so many people
Pryor's audacious style influenced an array of stand-up artists, including Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall and Damon Wayans, as well as Robin Williams, David Letterman and others.

He was regarded early in his career as one of the most foul-mouthed comics in the business, but he gained a wide following for his expletive-filled but universal and frequently personal insights into modern life and race relations. ."

A series of hit comedies in the '70s and '80s, as well as filmed versions of his concert performances, turned him into one of the highest paid stars in Hollywood. He was also one of the first black performers to have enough leverage to cut his own Hollywood deals. In 1983, he signed a $40 million, five-year contract with Columbia Pictures.

His films included "Stir Crazy," "Silver Streak," "Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling," and "Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip."

Throughout his career, Pryor focused on racial inequality, once joking as the host of the 1977 Academy Awards that Harry Belafonte and Sidney Poitier were the only black members of the Academy.

Pryor once marveled "that I live in racist America and I'm uneducated, yet a lot of people love me and like what I do, and I can make a living from it. You can't do much better than that."

In 1980, he nearly lost his life when he suffered severe burns over 50 percent of his body while freebasing cocaine at his home. An admitted "junkie" at the time, Pryor spent six weeks recovering from the burns and much longer from drug and alcohol dependence.

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Op zondag 11 december 2005 00:24 schreef Svensational het volgende:
Is dat hij die in die film met de blinde en de dove speelt ? En in die film waarin hij een miljoen binnen een week moet uitgeven om een erfenis op te strijken?

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Op zondag 11 december 2005 00:24 schreef Svensational het volgende:
Is dat hij die in die film met de blinde en de dove speelt ? En in die film waarin hij een miljoen binnen een week moet uitgeven om een erfenis op te strijken?

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Op zondag 11 december 2005 00:26 schreef Duiveltja het volgende:

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Yep,

See No Evil, Hear No Evil
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098282/
Brewster's Millions
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088850/

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Op zondag 11 december 2005 14:23 schreef Patch het volgende:
Tot nu toe nog geen reactie vrijgegeven van Gene Wilder?

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Op zondag 11 december 2005 14:29 schreef SunChaser het volgende:

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Of Eddy Murphy, Chris Rock of Robin Williams? Zijn allemaal schatplichtig aan Pryor.

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Op zondag 11 december 2005 14:23 schreef Patch het volgende:
Tot nu toe nog geen reactie vrijgegeven van Gene Wilder?

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Op zaterdag 10 december 2005 22:38 schreef Murray het volgende:

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Wikipedia is natuurlijk niet echt betrouwbaar wat dit soort dingen betreft.

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Op zondag 11 december 2005 16:16 schreef PDOA het volgende:

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Het schijnt dat 2 helemaal niet zo close waren als deed vermoeden. Pryor heeft Wilder ook helemaal onderuit gehaald in zijn boek.

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Op zondag 11 december 2005 17:15 schreef Patch het volgende:

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wist ik niet.
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