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All humor is rooted in pain.
Richard Pryor
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Richard Pryor
Age: 65 †
Born: 1940
Born: December 1
Died: 2005
Died: December 10
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Peoria
Illinois
Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor
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I expected Dracula to come jumping out any second. If he did I'd have held up a cross, cause he's allergic to bullshit.
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What I'm saying might be profane, but it's also profound.
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So after Another You I ran off to my very own piece of paradise, my home in Hana.
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