LOS ANGELES (CA)
CTV.ca News Staff
Trailblazing comedian Richard Pryor, whose unflinching commentary on race relations and his own shortcomings transformed the entertainment industry, died after a heart attack Saturday. He was 65.
"He was my treasure," said his wife Jennifer Pryor, whom he remarried in 2001, in a telephone interview with CNN. ...
According to the biography on his official website, Pryor was raped by a teenaged neighbour at the age of six and molested by a Catholic priest during catechism.