The late comedian set himself on fire at his Los Angeles home, resulting in severe burns covering more than 50 percent of his body Richard Pryor remains known for channeling his misfortune into ...

"Black, white, brown, you listened, and it became his own movement," she adds. "That is the thing that catapulted him to become the Richard Pryor everyone knows and loves." Jessica Simpson on ...

That's why he returned three times to the medium of the concert film. It was one thing to listen to a Richard Pryor on a turntable--as many did in clouds of weed smoke in basements during the ...