Thread: Richard Pryor
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Old 12-11-2005, 05:15 AM
MUH_HUM MUH_HUM is offline
 
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Man had a damned tough life, even with the success he saw.

...He was the son of an abusive pimp and a prostitute who left the family when he was 10. He was raised in the brothels run by his stern grandmother. He was sexually abused in an alley with he was 7 and kicked out of school when he was 14. At 16, he had his first child, with a girl who was also sleeping with his father. He joined the Army and was kicked out, and did several menial jobs in Peoria until he started telling jokes at local nightclubs.
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