Mike Epps Strange Richard Pryor Funeral Tale

Last week comedian Mike Epps was forced to apologize to his wife for making a dumb comment about wanting to treat a woman right at least one time before he dies on the All The Smoke podcast [click here if you missed that].

In that same interview Mike shares a story about the bizarre funeral for comedy legend Richard Pryor...

Sherri Shepherd Reveals Richard Pryor Barbara Walters Romance

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Mike Epps the Favorite to Play Richard Pryor

Bad news Nick Cannon. Insiders say Mike Epps is the favorite for Lee Daniels Richard Pryor biopic…

Eddie Murphy

is set to play Richard Pryor in an up coming biopic.

Rain Pryor's New Book

I guess the new thing is to tell all your business to get a book deal.

Next on the list of celebrity tell alls is Richard Pryor's daughter

Rain. Remember Rain? She was on Head of the Class with Robin Givens.

Anyway,

Rain got lots of juicy stories to tell. She says that time Richard

caught on fire free basing, he was really trying to kill himself

and she talks about the hookers who came to Thanksgiving dinner

and about how she lost her virginity in the eighth grade. 

She also dishes on how Richard

physically and emotionally abused her mother and how he

neglected all seven of his kids.

 Just in time for the holidays.

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Richard Pryor's Kids Contesting The Will

Richard's daughter Elizabeth wants a judge to rule her

late father's will illegal. In the last will, signed shortly before

his death, Richard left the bulk of his estate to his wife

Jennifer, nulling an earlier will that split his estate between

his kids. Jennifer had been divorced from Richard for 19

years, but remarried him 4 years before he died.

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