RIP: Richard Pryor

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While I was only a distant fan of Pryor's, my meditation on his passing invokes feelings about something very close to me: the power of neurological diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS) to cripple healthy and vibrant lives.

Take some time to learn about MS and other related diseases such as transverse myelitis.

Diseases of the neurological system can be random and often totally life altering.

NEWSBYTE
Comedian Richard Pryor dies at 65
(CNN) -- Just days after his 65th birthday, groundbreaking comedian Richard Pryor died Saturday of a heart attack, his wife told CNN.

Pryor, who had been ill with multiple sclerosis, died at Encino Hospital near Los Angeles at 7:58 a.m. PT. Jennifer Lee Pryor tried to revive him at their home before paramedics arrived and took him to the hospital, she said. Read full story.

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