Paul Mooney, the comedian, actor and writer for Richard Pryor, died on Wednesday morning, his representative Cassandra Williams confirmed to Variety. He was 79. He died at his home in Oakland ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Paul Mooney, the boundary-pushing comedian who was Richard Pryor’s longtime writing partner and whose bold, incisive musings on racism and American life made him a revered figure in ...

“I came and I told you and I said, ‘[Comedian] Paul Mooney said he caught Barbara with Richard Pryor. He walked in on them.’ And then I was like, ‘Don’t tell nobody.'” ...

“I told Joy [Behar] that I had run into Paul Mooney and he said that he caught Barbara Walters with Richard Pryor,” Shepherd recalled on her eponymous talk show.

NEW YORK (AP) — Paul Mooney, a boundary-pushing comedian who was Richard Pryor’s longtime writing partner and whose sage, incisive musings on racism and American life made him a revered figure ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. “There was a time when Paul Mooney was Richard’s friend. But he ...

I'm touched by Richard Pryor because I saw this brilliant man self-destruct.” Actor Richard Pryor is interviewed by Barbara Walters Walters died on December 30, 2022, at the age of 93 .

She added, “I came and I told you, and I said, ‘Paul Mooney said he caught Barbara with Richard Prior—he walked in on them. And then I was like, ‘Don’t tell nobody!’” Shepherd said.

Mooney is perhaps best known for his work with Richard Pryor, as he was head writer on The Richard Pryor Show and worked on several of Pryor's albums and Saturday Night Live sketches, Variety notes.

If you ask “The View”‘s ex-co-host Sherri Shepherd, Barbara Walters and Richard Pryor had a thing going on. As TMZ reported, Shepherd recounted being told by the late comedian Paul Mooney ...

On April 6, 2007, comedian Paul Mooney reflected on the mechanics of stand-up comedy and his unique role as best friend to comedy’s all-time greatest, Richard Pryor.