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Pioneering Comedian Richard Pryor Dies - Yahoo! News

Favorite quotes: “He was the Charlie Parker of comedy, a master of telling the truth that influenced every comedian that came after him,” [Quincy] Jones said in a statement. “The legacy that he leaves will forever be with us.”

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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.”

Ah, Richard Pryor, you made an enormous difference in American culture. Inroads, changed attitudes, opened doors for those who have followed you. Thanks for all the laughter.