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I bought my parents a home before they died, and they got to see that I was going to be all right. They always thought I would go someplace.

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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Television Producer
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Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor
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