You made a great point until you take a quote from his daughter who like the elder seems to have her own destructive streak. Too bad she became so "clear" about these matters when her father ailing for some few years now as she can only "benefit" like others will try for the man's fame. To beat women is just plain old wrong, but his death can't be the sounding board for all that was wrong with him; his psyche. Maybe we can leave it be and allow some time to pass before we dance on his grave.

Morgan...

if you listened to Pryor's monologues or interviews, he was usually the first one to talk about how fucked up he was.  He never played the innocent, and the people in his life knew what they were getting into with him, and of the backgroud and upbringing that affected him so strongly and negatively.  That doesn't forgive him for his issues, and I certainly don't support the concept of beating up women (or anyone, for that matter), but it also doesn't make him someone I would slam on the day he died.  

I will continue to wish Pryor to rest in peace, because he never found peace in life.

Take what you said one step further, and often many "great" people are shitty people.  Even people who aren't great can do shitty things.  I hope you feel better for posting this.

It's up to the living to repair or improve what he did now.  

The living can still repair their lives.  But his life was beleagured in ways that success and riches couldn't fix.

People like the former Senator would have you in jail for paricipation on this board...

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I have nothing but respect for Richard Pryor, but Sen. McCarthy's 1968 campaign was a very exciting time for me and his courage to stand up to a sitting president was inspiring.  I've since come a long ways politically from then, but I feel I do owe a debt of gratitude to the man.