Imagine people calling you to find out if you're dead. I've led a real crazy life at times, and I've had many strange things happen to me, but that was one of the strangest.

Pryor won an Emmy Award (1973) and five Grammy Awards (1974 1975 1976 1981 and 1982). "
His body of work includes the concert movies and recordings Richard Pryor: Live & Smokin' (1971) That Nigger's Crazy (1974).