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Richard Pryor
American comedian and actor (1940–2005)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 1 December 1940
- Died
- 10 December 2005
- Place of birth
- Peoria
- Place of death
- Encino
- Sex or gender
- male
- Family name
- Pryor
- Spouse
- Deborah McGuire, Jennifer Lee Pryor, Flynn Belaine, Flynn Belaine, Jennifer Lee Pryor, Shelley R. Bonus
- Child
- Rain Pryor
- Occupation
- television actor, film actor, comedian, screenwriter, journalist, autobiographer, television producer, film director, actor
- Citizenship
- United States
- Awards
- Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album, Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album, Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special, Writers Guild of America Award, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- artist files at
- Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library
- birth name
- Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction, multiple sclerosis
- discography
- Richard Pryor discography
- educated at
- Peoria High School
- end of work period
- 1997
- has works in the collection
- Harvard Film Archive
- languages spoken, written or signed
- English
- manner of death
- natural causes
- member of
- Writers Guild of America West
- military branch
- United States Army
- name in native language
- Richard Pryor
- place of detention
- Men's Central Jail
- record label
- Warner Bros. Records
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Richard Pryor
- residence
- New York City, Berkeley
- sexual orientation
- bisexuality
- significant event
- myocardial infarction, coronary artery bypass surgery
- start of work period
- 1963
- topic's main category
- Category:Richard Pryor
- unmarried partner
- Deanna Richards
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