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Topic: Richard Pryor

Chris Rock (Getty/Ethan Miller)

Chris Rock is our Richard Pryor

D. Watkins
Chris Tucker; Richard Pryor; Bernie Mac (AP/Lennox McLendon/Mark J. Terrill)

"Till the white meat shows"

Stacey Patton
Bill Cosby (AP/Brennan Linsley)

Jenny Kutner
Richard Pryor, Bill Cosby (AP/Susan Ragan)

Richard Pryor vs. Bill Cosby

Sara Scribner
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Richard Pryor, surrounded by (clockwise from top left) Chris Rock, Sarah Silverman, Hannibal Burress, Louis CK. (AP/Reuters/Lennox Mclendon/Kevork Djansezian/Jack Plunkett/NBC/FX)

Pryor created Louis C.K., Rock

David Henry
Richard Pryor (AP)

Richard Pryor's "SNL" genius

Scott Saul
Actor/director Chris Rock (Evan Agostini/invision/ap)

Sarah Gray
Chevy Chase, Richard Pryor (AP)

A tense post-"SNL" battle

David Henry, Joe Henry
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Richard Pryor better be funny!

David Henry, Joe Henry
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Prachi Gupta
Comic Lisa Lampanelli and Lena Dunham (Lisa Lampanelli, c/o Twitter)

No, you can't say "Nigga"

Eric Deggans
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Prachi Gupta
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