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Activist and comedian Dick Gregory.
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Dick Gregory, pioneering US comedian and
activist, dies aged 84
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Sunday 20 August 2017
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Last modified on Sunday 20
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/20/
dick-gregory-pioneering-us-comedian-and-activist-dies-aged-84
Richard Claxton Gregory 1932-2017
pioneering black
satirist
who transformed
cool humor
into a barbed force
for
civil rights
in the 1960s,
then veered from his craft
for a life devoted
to
protest and fasting
in the name
of assorted
social causes,
health regimens
and
conspiracy theories
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/19/arts/dick-gregory-dies-at-84.html
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/20/
dick-gregory-pioneering-us-comedian-and-activist-dies-aged-84
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/19/
arts/dick-gregory-dies-at-84.html
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/19/
544769294/dick-gregory-comedian-and-civil-rights-activist-dies-at-84
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