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Pryor, who passed away in 2005 at age 65, didn’t live to see an overly cautious, frequently emasculated black President, although he parodied the concept long before it seemed possible. The comedy he’s best known for was stridently political in a way so intimate and tinged with everyday vulnerabilities that from the vantage point of history it’s possible not to even notice.

-Brandon Harris, Pryor Restraint