Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ST. LOUIS – Dick Gregory used comedy to address racial tensions in the 1950s and 60s, becoming a pioneer in social satire. Gregory ...

*Earlier this week we reported that he had been hospitalized in serious condition. Now, we must report that comedian/activist Dick Gregory has passed away Saturday night in Washington, D.C. at 84.

*We’ve just leaned of the hospitalization of Dick Gregory. The news about the 84-year-old legendary comedian/activist was posted on Facebook by his son, Christian Gregory. Even though he wasn’t ...

ST. LOUIS (KTVI) — Dick Gregory, a pioneer in social satire, used comedy to address racial tensions in the United States during the 1950s and 1960s. Gregory, a St. Louis native, rose to prominence as ...

It's time again for StoryCorps. This week, we have a visit with the widow of comedian and civil rights activist Dick Gregory. After his death in 2017, Lillian Gregory developed Alzheimer's. Two of ...

Eighty-four-year-old comedian Dick Gregory has been hospitalized with a serious, but undisclosed, medical condition, according to his son Christian Gregory, who broke the news on Facebook. Suggested ...

ST. LOUIS – Dick Gregory used comedy to address racial tensions in the 1950s and 60s, becoming a pioneer in social satire. Gregory’s journey into activism began at Sumner High School, where he led a ...