Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy and Redd Foxx pose for a photo in 1989 at a celebrity softball game. (Bob Riha, Jr./Getty Images) CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER ...

Richard Pryor: Stand-Up Philosopher. The great American comic satirized white racism, his fellow blacks, and ... and Bob Dylan. He came on like Mr. Cool, a pose that fooled quite a few people, but not ...

American comedian Richard Pryor (1940 – 2005) during a stage show, circa 1977. (Photo by Fotos International/Getty Images) *Richard Pryor fans are in for a treat as three of his albums ...

Murphy, 63, and Pryor starred in 'Harlem Nights' (1989) alongside Arsenio Hall, Della Reese, and Jasmine Guy. Pryor, legal name Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor Sr., died on December 10, 2005 ...

F or comedy fans of a certain age, watching VHS copies of the 1982 concert film "Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip" until the tape fell off of the spools was a rite of passage. Until Eddie ...

Richard Pryor’s Essential Albums Released as Box Set. The LPs, reissued by Rhino, span 1974 to 1983 and include some of the late comic's most iconic routines.

Comedian Richard Pryor (1940 - 2005) performing on stage at the Auditorium Theater in Chicago, Illinois, July 28, 1978. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images) ...

Eddie Murphy revealed that the late Richard Pryor still owes him $100,000 from a bet they made. <p>"He said, ‘You’ll never do it.’ And I bet him $100,000.

Scott Saul, who authored the 2014 book “Becoming Richard Pryor,” wrote the liner notes of the box set. Winning five Grammys and an Emmy during his lifetime as a comedian and actor, Pryor’s ...

Eddie Murphy has not forgotten his $100k bet with Richard Pryor: 'He owes me' The "Candy Cane Lane" star's idol once wagered that he would never make a joke-free musical album, but he did.

The problem was Pryor became a star after those roles, and when the fire slowed him down, he retreated into toothless, ill-suited, well-paying roles, starring in a series of terrible but popular ...