Richard Pryor was born on Dec. 1, 1940, and raised in Peoria, Illinois. His widow, Jennifer Pryor, that she fell "madly in love" with the comedian the first time the two met.

Though he suffered in his later years from multiple sclerosis, Pryor died in 2005 at 65 from a heart attack. Jennifer jokes that her late husband would be "rolling over in his ashes" if he were ...

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 ...