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He's just always positive. He's always smiling and he's always trying.
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 Actor
Film Director
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Television Producer
Peoria
Illinois
Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor
Positive
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Smiling
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