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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    04.43 BST

Last modified on Sunday 20 August 2017    05.17 BST

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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