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AchievementJanuary 1982· arts

Richard Pryor's 'Live on the Sunset Strip' Released

Richard Pryor releases the filmed concert 'Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip,' in which he directly addresses his near-death from a freebase cocaine fire and performs what many critics consider the greatest stand-up set of his career — redefining comedy's capacity for vulnerability and racial truth-telling.