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Posted by Little_Doctor (Member # 6635) on :

I just heard the news on the radio. He was 65 years old. He will be missed.

[ December 11, 2005, 12:09 AM: Message edited by: Little_Doctor ]

Posted by LadyDove (Member # 3000) on :

Ah.. that's too bad. He always made me smile.

Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :

Darn.

Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :

[Frown]

Posted by Little_Doctor (Member # 6635) on :

They just gave an update. It seems that a heart attack was the cause of death. This just ruined my day.

Posted by DarkKnight (Member # 7536) on :

You might want to change his last name to Pryor...
He was definitely a very unique comedian

Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :

[Frown]

Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :

His standup is some of the funniest comedy I've ever seen.

This is sad.

Posted by Ben (Member # 6117) on :

See No Evil and The Toy were 2 of my favorite movies as a child.

Posted by beatnix19 (Member # 5836) on :

Just heard the news myself. Dang, the guy was funny and it just plain old sucks to see comedic genious leave this world.

Posted by Evie3217 (Member # 5426) on :

That's very sad news. He was hilarious, the little I saw of him.

Posted by Chreese Sroup (Member # 8248) on :

That's a bad outFIT!

Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :

He was one of the nastiest, funniest comedians I have ever heard. [Smile]

Posted by Lalo (Member # 3772) on :

Damn.

He was one of the first, and among the greatest. I'm usually fairly callous towards the deaths of famous people, but Pryor's earned my respect.

Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :

[Frown]

Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :

Given the health problems he had later in life I tend to think a nice quick heart attack may have been a blessing.

The man had a very sad life. It's a shame that after spending his early life sorting out the garbage he grew up with that he didn't have the health to enjoy his old age.

Posted by Paul Goldner (Member # 1910) on :

Whenever I see his name, I always think of a girl from my town... sarah pryor. She was a very long unsolved mystery. I still remember riding the bus with her when I was in first grade... the year she dissapeared. No one figured out what happened to her until my freshman year in college.

Sorry for the derail.

Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :

[Frown]