RICHARD PRYOR was a real nice guy. Around this time 20 years ago, a Brooklyn pal I hadn't seen in a while asked, "So what's doin'?" I shrugged and said, "Oh, I guess Richard Pryor is gonna star in ...

Hallease and Evelyn look at how comedy has changed throughout modern history. From minstrels to vaudeville to Instagram, comedy has come a long way. Richard Pryor is arguably your favorite ...

Pryor came along in the 1960s as a middle-of-the-road comedian in the style of Bill Cosby, and in some ways he remained in the Cosby tradition, spinning hilarious tales about people he knew.

Those recent events make Pryor's comedy relevant all over again. "Now more than ever we need Richard's voice," agrees his widow, Jennifer Lee Pryor.

Pryor's breakthrough film role came in 1972 as the funny but tragic Piano Man in Lady Sings the Blues, a part that was expanded just for him. A series of movies followed, including Uptown Saturday ...

For Rain Pryor, being the daughter of comedian Richard Pryor, wasn't always one long laughfest. Her father's use of drugs and alcohol resulted in savage dark moods of anger and abuse directed ...

Six of Richard Pryor ’s comedy albums from 1974 to 1983 have been compiled into a 7xLP box set titled I Hope I’m Funny: The Warner Albums. The expansive reissue arrives tomorrow, April 18th ...

A fearless and searingly funny supernova of comedy ... a professor of English at UC Berkeley and the author of Becoming Richard Pryor (Harper Perennial), considered the definitive Pryor biography.

American comedian Richard Pryor (1940 – 2005) during a stage show, circa 1977. (Photo by Fotos International/Getty Images) We caught up with Jennifer to discuss the pioneering writer-actor ...

When Pryor died in 2005, comic star Lily Tomlin spoke in Entertainment Weekly about her friend: "The last time I saw Richard, I was in the audience at the Santa Barbara film festival honoring him ...

For Rain Pryor, being the daughter of comedian Richard Pryor, wasn't always one long laughfest. Her father's use of drugs and alcohol resulted in savage dark moods of anger and abuse directed ...