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For decades, the comedian and actor struggled with drugs and alcohol, and those close to him have gone on to share stories about Pryor’s substance abuse problems since his passing in 2005.
He Was A Violent Drug Addict. While in the Army, Pryor stabbed a white officer for laughing during an Imitation of Life screening. When he became involved in drugs later in life, Pryor's erratic behavior worsened. He was accused of assaulting a clerk at a hotel and using a fork to stab a landlord.
In this unflinchingly honest book, Pryor recounts his journey from abused child to multimillionaire drug-addict abuser. Along the way, he tells tales both heartbreaking and hilarious.
An undervalued master of understatement, Pryor failed to mention that he had also survived a humongous freebasing cocaine habit ‒ once setting himself on fire after smoking the drug ‒ seven...
His penchant for illicit substances, particularly cocaine and alcohol, was often the subject of his routines. Pryor’s drug use once got so out of hand that in 1980, whilst freebasing cocaine, he doused himself in 151-proof rum and set himself on fire.
It is eight years since comedian Richard Pryor died, aged 65. A new documentary has shed light on the demons that drove him and tormented him.
Late comedian Richard Pryor set himself on fire while freebasing cocaine in 1980, resulting in severe burns covering more than 50 percent of his body.
