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Richard Pryor dead at 65

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Old Dec 10, 2005 | 01:22 PM
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He was no Carlin but he was a great comic in his prime. Had some edgy material that influenced many of todays greats. I'm sure he'll be missed.
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Old Dec 10, 2005 | 01:48 PM
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^ yea he was better than Carlin.
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Old Dec 10, 2005 | 01:58 PM
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RIP. my first experience watching him was in that movie Toy.
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Old Dec 10, 2005 | 02:11 PM
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Old Dec 10, 2005 | 02:14 PM
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one of the great comic geniuses
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Old Dec 10, 2005 | 03:57 PM
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I just saw that on GoogleNews, and thought to myself "I thought he was dead?" Which made me laugh because of that special he had on Comedy Central "Richard Pryor: I aint dead yet"
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Old Dec 10, 2005 | 04:07 PM
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Originally Posted by mingster,Dec 10 2005, 02:58 PM
RIP. my first experience watching him was in that movie Toy.
The same goes for me as well.
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Old Dec 10, 2005 | 05:12 PM
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I love Richard and George! Richard had a great movie career in addition to being one of the all time great comedians. Hard to pull both of those off!
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Old Dec 10, 2005 | 05:27 PM
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Old Dec 11, 2005 | 02:37 PM
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RIP.
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