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 ...

Eddie Murphy detailed the $100,000 bet he made with Richard Pryor. (Getty Images) "He bet me $100,000 that I wouldn't put out a music album where there's no jokes or nothing," Murphy said.

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 ...

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.

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

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.

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 ...

Pam Grier, a muse of Quentin Tarantino, is detailing her time in Hollywood with the podcast "Here Comes Pam." The actress once dated Richard Pryor, who died in 2005 at age 65.

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.

Host Jimmy Kimmel noted that for Murphy's 1985 album How Could It Be, one of the liner notes reads, "To Richard Pryor, my idol, with whom I have a $100,000 bet. No motherf-----, I didn’t forget." ...