PRESIDENT POLK HERE, ENDING WORLD VOYAGE; Liner Carries 143 Passengers --Crew of 70 Registers
Date: 02 December 1940
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Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor (December 1, 1940 – December 10, 2005) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. Known for reaching a broad audience with his trenchant observations and storytelling style, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential comedians of all time. Pryor won a Primetime Emmy Award and five Grammy Awards. He received the first Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 1998. He won the Writers Guild of America Award in 1974. He was listed at number one on Comedy Central's list of all-time greatest stand-up comedians. In 2017, Rolling Stone ranked him first on its list of the 50 best stand-up comics of all time.
Pryor's body of work includes numerous concert films and recordings. He won the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album for That Nigger's Crazy (1974), ...Is It Something I Said? (1975), Bicentennial Nigger (1976), Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip (1982), and Richard Pryor: Here and Now (1983). He is also known for Richard Pryor: Live & Smokin' (1971), Wanted: Live in Concert (1978), and Richard Pryor: Live in Concert (1979). Pryor served as a co-writer for the Mel Brooks satirical western comedy film Blazing Saddles (1974).
As an actor, he starred mainly in comedies. He gained acclaim for his collaborations with Gene Wilder, including the films Silver Streak (1976), Stir Crazy (1980), See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989), and Another You (1991). He also acted in films such as Uptown Saturday Night (1974), Blue Collar (1978), The Wiz (1978), California Suite (1978), Superman III (1983), Harlem Nights (1989), and Lost Highway (1997). He appeared as himself on Sesame Street and Saturday Night Live before hosting The Richard Pryor Show (1977), and Pryor's Place (1984).
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Date: 02 December 1940
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Date: 02 December 1940
By The United Press
Kennedy resigns as Amb to Gt Brit; will retain title until successor is apptd
Date: 02 December 1940
Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES
DNB repts damage to Brit warships in battle in which Brit admitted damage to destroyer Javelin heavier than first claimed
Date: 02 December 1940
By Telephone to THE NEW YORK TIMES
semi-official Turkish news agency reveals German news service Transocean denies 2 repts threatening Turkey
Date: 02 December 1940
By DOUGLAS W. CHURCHILL Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES
Douglas CHURCHILL
Date: 02 December 1940
By RAYMOND R. CAMP
Raymond CAMP
Date: 02 December 1940
Date: 02 December 1940
Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES
Vichy Govt awaits Brit reply to protest on Marseille bombing
Date: 02 December 1940
Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES
Bomb explodes near Maj Quisling, Frederikstad
Date: 02 December 1940