Pioneering comic Paul Mooney, a writer for Pryor, dies at 79

NEW YORK (AP) — 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 [...]