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Richard Pryor Calls on God

Comedian Richard Pryor was critically burned in an accident in 1980. Appearing later on the "Johnny Carson Show," he insisted that when you are seriously ill, money isn't important: "All that I could think of was to call on God. I didn't call the Bank of America once."

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