Dick Gregory, pioneering comedian, author and civil rights activist, died Saturday at the age of 84. “It is with enormous sadness that the Gregory family confirms that their father, comedic ...

Dick Gregory, comedian and activist, died Saturday at the age of 84. This weekend’s death of Jerry Lewis crowded out much of the coverage that Gregory should have received — the media can only ...

Comedian Dick Gregory, left, listens to Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown, right, at a news conference Thursday, Aug. 31, 2006, in Chicago where Brown announced she wanted to be the ...

Comedy legend James Gregory died Wednesday, May 8, at the age of 78. Known since the 1980s to fans as “The Funniest Man in America,” Gregory died from cardiac complications, according to a ...

Dick Gregory, the comedian and civil rights crusader, died Saturday. He was 84. His family announced the news on his public Facebook page. "It is with enormous sadness that the Gregory family ...

Comedian and civil rights activist Dick Gregory, who broke barriers in the 1960s and became one of the first African-Americans to perform at white clubs, died Saturday.

In 1993, at the height of his fame as a stand-up comedian, James Gregory preached a sermon at the Unity Church in Birmingham. For one Sunday morning, he was a stand-up preacher, spinning his ...

A frequent TV show guest and a leading light in a starburst of African-American performers who redefined social commentary from the 1960s onward, Gregory had been as big as you could be in comedy.

“Greg opened the door,” comedian and future TV star Redd Foxx told the New York Times in 1961. “Somebody had to be first. There’s room for all of us.

Dick Gregory, the comedian and activist for social change in America, has died at 84, his family announced Saturday night. The cause of his death was heart failure, his rep confirmed.