An epiphany in Las Vegas moved the comedian's act on to a whole new plane " and his influence lives on with the likes of Chris Rock, Doug Stanhope and Russell Brand' Richard Pryor: meltdown at the Hollywood BowlJerry Seinfeld calls Richard Pryor "the Picasso of our profession". He tops Comedy Central's all-time greatest 100 standups chart, and was the inaugural winner of the Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize for Amer…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00PM on January 11, 2015