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Richard Pryor’s widow, Jennifer Pryor, claimed that he once threatened to kill her during a drug-fueled psychosis<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jennifer appeared on Howie Mandel’s podcast, “Howie Mandel Does Stuff,”<\/a> in an episode released on Jan. 20.<\/p>\n

She said that the ordeal began when she went to tell Richard that he had to do reshoots for his 1980 film “Stir Crazy.”<\/p>\n

“And he was basically out of his mind at that point,” Jennifer said. “And I was in danger again.”<\/p>\n

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When Mandel asked her to clarify if she ever felt threatened by him, she said, “Yeah. He threatened my life.”<\/p>\n

When Mandel pressed further, she said, “He said, ‘I’m going to kill you.'”<\/p>\n

Jennifer explained that she wasn’t living with Richard at this point.<\/p>\n

“He was just out of his f—ing mind. He was in drug psychosis. So I woke up, and there’s a pile of coke on the desk, and I said, ‘Oh Richard, I got to go now.’ And he said, ‘No, now the sun’s coming up.’ And he said, ‘You’re gonna die.'”<\/p>\n

She added, “And I said, ‘Richard?’ And I had a cross around my neck and I grabbed it. And I said, ‘Give me the words. Give me the words.'”<\/p>\n

“And I calmed him down. I talked him off the ledge. I said, ‘Everything is going to be OK. There’s no need for any violence here. Everything’s going to be fine,'” she said.<\/p>\n

“And he had his hands around my neck at one point during this episode. And I calmed him down. I went and got my slacks, put on my slacks and I hightailed out of there.”<\/p>\n

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When Mandel stated that she always seemed to go back to him<\/a>, Jennifer agreed.<\/p>\n

Richard, known as a comedian and actor, won five Grammy Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award during his career.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He starred in “Stir Crazy,” “Silver Streak,” “See No Evil, Hear No Evil,” “Harlem Nights” and more.<\/p>\n

Richard also hosted his own shows: “The Richard Pryor Show” and “Pryor’s Place.”<\/p>\n

Richard and Jennifer first married in August 1981, but their marriage lasted only 14 days. The divorce was finalized in October 1982.<\/p>\n

The duo remarried in secret in 2001, and they remained together until Richard’s death in 2005.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jennifer was his fourth wife; he was married to five different women in seven marriages. He was married to Patricia Price from 1960 until 1961; Shelley Bonus from 1967 to 1969, Deborah McGuire from 1977 until 1978; Jennifer in 1981; Flynn Belaine in 1986, with the marriage ending two months later and their divorce being finalized in 1987.<\/p>\n

He remarried Belaine in 1990, but they split once more in 1991.<\/p>\n

Richard died on Dec. 10, 2005, from a heart attack<\/a> at age 65. He had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1986, and eventually had to use a mobility scooter.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Richard struggled with drug and alcohol addiction for much of his life.<\/p>\n

Jennifer also talked about an incident during which Richard allegedly pointed a gun at her.<\/p>\n

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She noted that the Rob Reiner<\/a> case triggered her, and brought back a memory of “when Richard had a .357 Smith & Wesson Magnum in the house, in his bedroom. Kept loaded. And one night, he shot off three rounds. One on the bedroom wall. One in the ceiling. And another … I was at that point, in the front hall … back hall vestibule. He had the gun behind his back and he shot off another round.”<\/p>\n

“And then he brings it forward, and I’m counting how many bullets are in the gun. And he cocks the trigger, and he says, ‘Get out, b—-.’ Cocked it. And I said, ‘No problem.’ Walked outside. Sat on the back step. Had a cigarette. Ten minutes later, I walk back in.”<\/p>\n

She continued, “He’s in the bedroom. I said, ‘What was that about?’ And he said, ‘Oh, I’m so glad you didn’t make me shoot you.'”<\/p>\n

She explained that the Reiner murder triggered her because she was so codependent on Richard that she thinks she could have died.<\/p>\n

“I’m lucky to be here,” she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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