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Pryor special to air on BET tonight

BET will air a tribute to Richard Pryor tonight. Check your local listings for showtimes. Says Jesse Jackson:

“He would curse not because he had limited material but because it was a form of punctuation and it’s the kind of stuff that people would cringe at in public and then go buy the record. It was the Redd Foxx tradition… He was on the edge and I can not tell you the risk he took as a comedian. All great comedians for the most part, take those risks pushing the envelope.