A Childhood of Characters Richard Pryor , the only child of Leroy Pryor and Gertrude Thomas Pryor , was born in Peoria , Ill. , on Dec. 1 , 1940 , and raised in a household where , as he wrote , '' I lived among an assortment of relatives , neighbors , whores and winos -- the people who inspired a lifetime of comedic material . ''
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