Kai Wright
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Richard Pryor: The Story We Got Wrong | From Big Lives
So, you know, his Hollywood Bowl...
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Richard Pryor: The Story We Got Wrong | From Big Lives
flame out, you know, was not enough to derail him.
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Richard Pryor: The Story We Got Wrong | From Big Lives
He's that famous now.
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Richard Pryor: The Story We Got Wrong | From Big Lives
And he co-wrote Blazing Saddles.
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Richard Pryor: The Story We Got Wrong | From Big Lives
Do you know the movie Blazing Saddles?
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Richard Pryor: The Story We Got Wrong | From Big Lives
Yes, sir.
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Richard Pryor: The Story We Got Wrong | From Big Lives
That's Richard Pryor.
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Richard Pryor: The Story We Got Wrong | From Big Lives
So those things have happened.
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Richard Pryor: The Story We Got Wrong | From Big Lives
He's, like, killing it.
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Richard Pryor: The Story We Got Wrong | From Big Lives
Also...
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Richard Pryor: The Story We Got Wrong | From Big Lives
he is spending more than a quarter million dollars a year on drugs, just on drugs alone.
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Richard Pryor: The Story We Got Wrong | From Big Lives
That's what he says in his memoir.
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Richard Pryor: The Story We Got Wrong | From Big Lives
Wow.
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Richard Pryor: The Story We Got Wrong | From Big Lives
And so June of 1980s, he's like...
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Richard Pryor: The Story We Got Wrong | From Big Lives
on a days long binge of Freebase and cocaine.
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Richard Pryor: The Story We Got Wrong | From Big Lives
So it's been going on days.
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Richard Pryor: The Story We Got Wrong | From Big Lives
He's at his mansion in Los Angeles.
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Richard Pryor: The Story We Got Wrong | From Big Lives
It's this sprawling estate, you know, and he's not having fun while he's doing this.
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Richard Pryor: The Story We Got Wrong | From Big Lives
Yeah.
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Richard Pryor: The Story We Got Wrong | From Big Lives
You know, he's just really, really high.