 {{infobox comedian | name = richard pryor | image = richard pryor (1986) (cropped).jpg | imagesize = 220px | caption = pryor in february 1986 | birth_name = richard franklin lennox thomas pryor | birth_date =  | birth_place = peoria, illinois, u.s. | death_date =  | death_place = los angeles, california, u.s. | death_cause = heart failure brought by last two heart attacks | nationality = american | medium = stand-up, film, television | active = 1963â1997 | genre = political satire, observational comedy, black comedy, improvisational comedy, character comedy | subject = racism, race relations, american politics, african-american culture, human sexuality, religion, self-deprecation, everyday life, recreational drug use | influences = lenny bruce, jack benny, jonathan winters, bill cosby, dick gregory, redd foxx |influenced =george carlin, martin lawrence, george lopez, denis leary, margaret cho, eddie izzard, dave chappelle, chris rock,reid, shaheem (december 12, 2005). "chris rock, bernie mac, eddie murphy call pryor the real king of comedy&nbsp;â 'without richard, there would be no me,' bernie mac says". mtv. retrieved january 11, 2010. eddie murphy, whoopi goldberg,richard pryor: i ain't dead yet, #*%$@!!, 2003, comedy central bill hicks,[http://www.
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