Dick Gregory

Richard Claxton "Dick" Gregory (October 12, 1932 – August 19, 2017) was an American comedian, social activist, social critic, writer, and entrepreneur.

Gregory was born on October 12, 1932 in St. Louis, Missouri.Dick Gregory , AEI Speakers Bureau. Accessed December 11, 2007. "A track star at Sumner High School, Gregory earned an athletic scholarship in 1951 to Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and became the first member of his family to attend college." He was raised in Chicago, Illinois. Gregory studied at Sumner High School and at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He had been married to Lillian Gregory since 1959. They had 10 children.

Gregory died at a hospital in Washington, D.C. on August 19, 2017 of heart failure at the age of 84.

References

Other websites

A short biography from www.dickgregory.com   
Dick Gregory's oral history video excerpts at The National Visionary Leadership Project
Booknotes interview with Gregory on Callus on My Soul: A Memoir, March 4, 2001. 
Speech by Dick Gregory given on October 20, 1969. Audio recording. From the University of Alabama's Emphasis Symposium on Contemporary Issues.
Footage of October, 1968 interview with Dick Gregory regarding his candidacy for the Presidency in 1968

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