Paul Mooney Passed Away!

Paul Mooney, the godfather of comedy passed away.

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No one can do it like Paul Mooney. The rawest comedian in the world passed away at the age of 79. His family confirmed that he suffered a major heart attack in Oakland.

Mooney's daughter Spring said that her dad was like a "best friend." 

The comedian born in the bayou city of Shreveport, Louisiana. He got his start being a writer for the great Richard Pryor. He went on to write and appear in skits in Kenan Ivory Wayans and Damon Wayans, Sr.'s In Living Color and Dave Chappelle's The Chappelle Show. 

He played Sam Cooke in the 1978 movie "The Buddy Holly Story" and appear in Spike Lee's 2000 movie "Bamboozled."

Mooney made NIGGA an art form.

Thank you all from the bottom of all of our hearts ...you’re all are the best!...... Mooney World .. The Godfather of Comedy - ONE MOON MANY STARS! .. To all in love with this great man.. many thanks🙏🏾

— Paul Mooney (@PaulEalyMooney) May 19, 2021

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— Paul Mooney (@PaulEalyMooney) May 19, 2021

Tributes from entertainers and politicians are pouring in on the great comedian.

As a prolific stand-up comic, Mooney’s observations were as biting as they were funny, and on more than one occasion crossed lines of audience acceptability. Most notoriously, he allegedly said during a performance following the Boston Marathon bombing that “white people in Boston deserved what they got,” prompting the suburban New York comedy club to cancel his remaining shows. Mooney later denied making the comment.

Mooney’s memoir, Black Is the New White, was published in 2005.

Information on survivors was not immediately available, but a group of comedians planned to gather outside the Laugh Factory Hollywood to remember the influential comic.

Mooney became a ringmaster with the Gatti-Charles Circus. During his stint as ringmaster, he always found himself writing comedy and telling jokes, which later helped Mooney land his first professional work as a writer for Richard Pryor.

Mooney wrote some of Pryor's routines for his appearance on Saturday Night Live, co-wrote his material for the Live on the Sunset Strip, Bicentennial Nigger, and Is It Something I Said albums, and Pryor's film Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling. As the head writer for The Richard Pryor Show, he gave many young comics, such as Robin Williams, Sandra Bernhard, Marsha Warfield, John Witherspoon, and Tim Reid, their first break into show business.

Mooney also wrote for Redd Foxx's Sanford and Son and Good Times, acted in several cult classics including Which Way Is Up?, Bustin' Loose, Hollywood Shuffle, and portrayed singer/songwriter Sam Cooke in The Buddy Holly Story.

Paul Mooney often talked about racism and American policies through comedy.

He was the head writer for the first year of Fox's In Living Color, inspiring the character Homey D. Clown, played by Damon Wayans. Mooney later went on to play Wayans' father in the Spike Lee film Bamboozled as the comedian Junebug.

Mooney initially appeared in the sketches "Ask a Black Dude" and "Mooney at the Movies" on Comedy Central's Chappelle's Show. He later appeared as Negrodamus, an African American version of Nostradamus. As Negrodamus, Mooney ad-libbed the "answers to life's most unsolvable mysteries" such as "Why do white people love Wayne Brady?" (Answer: "Because Wayne Brady makes Bryant Gumbel look like Malcolm X.") Mooney was planning to reprise his role as Negrodamus in the third season of the Chappelle's Show, before Dave Chappelle left the show due to stress.

In 2006, Mooney hosted the BET tribute to Black History Month titled 25 Most @#%! Moments in Black History. In this show, he narrated some of the most shameful incidents involving African Americans since 1980. The top 25 moments included incidents involving Marion Barry, Terrell Owens, Wilson Goode, Michael Jackson, Flavor Flav, Whitney Houston, and Tupac Shakur.