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Ceramic Bowl Painted by Pryor Being Auctioned

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edited March 2006 in Strut Central

Bowl Painted by Pryor Being Auctioned

Thursday, March 16, 2006A ceramic bowl painted by Richard Pryor is being auctioned on the Internet for an animal welfare organization.Pryor sent the bowl to the Geauga Humane Society weeks before his death on Dec. 10. The actor-comedian, who was 65, died of a heart attack. He had been ill for years with multiple sclerosis.His profanely personal insights into race relations made him one of Hollywood's biggest stars.He painted a self-portrait inside the bowl with the words, "Little Black Man in Big White World." The side of the bowl has Pryor's signature and drawings of a martini glass, lips and a cigarette.The humane society offered to return the bowl to his wife, Jennifer, but she told the group to use it to raise as much money as possible and endorsed the sale on the eBay auction Web site."She said that's what Richard would have wanted," said Sharon Harvey, executive director of the agency.With two days left in the auction Thursday, the bowl had received a top bid of $3,511.South Russell is about 20 miles east of Cleveland.http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060316/ap_en_ot/pryor_bowl

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