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Just days after his 65th birthday, groundbreaking comedian Richard Pryor died Saturday of a heart attack. 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 ... more from CNN.com