Richard Pryor's wife tried to resuscitate him, but didn't succed, so she brought him to the hospital, where the godfather of modern comedy died at 7:58. Richard Pryor was cremated and the ashes were given to the family.
In 2006, Richard Pryor was posthumously awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, for a career of over 40 years, during of which Richard Pryor's movies had marked us and Richard Pryor's stand up comedy shows gave all of us a new sense of humour.