Paul Mooney, a boundary-pushing comedian who was Richard Pryor’s longtime writing partner and whose sage, incisive musings on racism and American life made him a revered figure in stand-up, has died aged 79.
Cassandra Williams, Mooney’s publicist, said he died on Wednesday morning at his home in Oakland, California, from a heart attack.
Mooney’s friendship and collaboration with Pryor began in 1968 and lasted until Pryor’s death in 2005.
Together, they confronted racism perhaps more directly than it ever had been before onstage.
Mooney chronicled their partnership in his 2007 memoir Black Is The New White.
Mooney was not as widely known as Pryor, but his influence on comedy was ubiquitous.
Pioneering comic Paul Mooney, a writer for Pryor, dies at 79 This March 29, 2016 image released by Meet The Blacks, LLC shows Paul Mooney posing at the premiere of Meet the Blacks in Los Angeles. Mooney, a boundary-pushing comedian who was Richard Pryorâs longtime writing partner and whose sage, incisive musings on racism and American life made him a revered figure in stand-up, died of a heart attack at his Oakland, Calif. home on Wednesday. He was 79. (Source: Eric Charbonneau/Meet The Blacks via AP) By JAKE COYLE | May 19, 2021 at 12:09 PM EDT - Updated May 19 at 12:32 PM
NEW YORK (AP) â Paul Mooney, a boundary-pushing comedian who was Richard Pryorâs longtime writing partner and whose sage, incisive musings on racism and American life made him a revered figure in stand-up, has died. He was 79.
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Comedian, Actor Paul Mooney Dies At 79
Paul Mooney, a boundary-pushing comedian who was Richard Pryor’s longtime writing partner and whose sage, incisive musings on racism and American life made him a revered figure in stand-up, has died. He was 79.
Cassandra Williams, Mooney’s publicist, said he died Wednesday morning at his home in Oakland, California, from a heart attack.
Mooney’s friendship and collaboration with Pryor began in 1968 and lasted until Pryor’s death in 2005. Together, they confronted racism perhaps more directly than it ever had been before onstage. Mooney chronicled their partnership in his 2007 memoir “Black Is the New White.”