There’s a reason so many comedians still look up to him.
"Manny Roth, manager of the Café Wha in the Village, said (Richard) Pryor sprung from the stage and stabbed a heckler with a fork." (from "The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy" by "Kliph Nesteroff")
