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When you're running down the street on fire, people get out of your way!
Richard Pryor
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Richard Pryor
Age: 65 †
Born: 1940
Born: December 1
Died: 2005
Died: December 10
Autobiographer
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Film Director
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Peoria
Illinois
Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor
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