Richard Pryor, A Comedy Pioneer Who Was 'Always Whittling On Dynamite' : NPR
Comedian Richard Pryor, pictured in 1977, grew up in a brothel, surrounded by violence. "He said once that it's easier for him to talk about his life in front of 2,000 people than it is to do it one on one," says Scott Saul, whose new book is Becoming Richard Pryor.