{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"Pioneering comic Paul Mooney, a writer for Pryor, dies at 79","publication_date":"May 19, 2021","summary":"Paul Mooney, a boundary-pushing comedian who was Richard Pryor's longtime writing partner and whose sage, incisive musings on racism and American life made him a revered figure in stand-up, has died. He was 79.","author_name":"By Jake Coyle, Associated Press","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2021\/05\/d525f79dd2775d069b3ef50d296fcee7-GettyImages-108134754-1024x738.jpg","thumbnail_height":738,"thumbnail_width":1024}