DICK GREGORY - Comedian, Actor, Famed Civil Rights Activist Dies -- TRIBUTE
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Channel: CelebrityTV · 2017 · Entertainment
DICK GREGORY - Comedian, Actor, Famed Civil Rights Activist Dies -- TRIBUTE Dick Gregory -- comedian, actor, writer and famed civil right activist died Saturday night (August 19) in Washington D.C. according to a statement from his family. The comedic and civil rights legend was recently hospitalized for an unknown but serious condition. According to his rep, he died from heart failure. Dick was 84. Gregory began his career as a comedian while serving in the the military in the '50s and broke color barriers. His talent was laced with political rhetoric. Gregory became a prominent civil rights leader who marched in lockstep with some of the biggest civil rights leaders of the decade. Dick was also a writer known for the documentary "Joe Louis: America's Hero... Betrayed." Comedy Central named him #82 on the all time list of greatest stand-up comedians. Music by: "Footsteps" by Enrico Altavilla by Freemusicsoundtrack.com. Dick Gregory, celebrity deaths, dies, comedian, civil rights activist
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