Publicity photo of Richard Pryor for his 1968-1969 appearance at Chicago's Mister Kelly's, which was a nightclub.

Photo of Richard Pryor.

Richard Pryor in a publicity photo for Lily Tomlin's 1973 CBS Television special, Lily.

Portrait of American comedian Richard Pryor, seated, wearing a fedora, and holding a cigar

Photo taken February 1986 at the Kahala Hilton Hotel in Honolulu Hawaii - Photo shows Richard Pryor having breakfast in the hotel's restaurant - Permission granted to copy, publish or post but please credit "photo by Alan Light" if you can

Publicity photo of Alan Alda, Lily Tomlin and Richard Pryor from Tomlin's 1973 CBS Television special, Lily.

Richard Pryor performing at San Jose State University on April 3, 1974

Richard Pryor in the lobby area of the Kahala Hilton Hotel, February 1986. (Today the hotel is called the Kahala Hotel & Resort) The first sign that Pryor had multiple sclerosis would come three months later, in May, 1986, while he was filming the movie Critical Condition with director Michael Apted. He was officially diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in August, 1986. Pryor died December 10, 2005. Permission granted to copy, publish or post but please credit "photo by Alan Light" if you can. Scanned directly from the original 35MM film negative.

Richard Pryor

Richard Pryor and Lou Gossett Jr. backstage at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles