Richard Claxton "Dick" Gregory was born October 12, 1932 in St. Louis, Missouri and died in Los Angeles in July 2017. He was 84 years old. In 1961 Dick was the leading black stand up comedian in Chicago and when Hugh Hefner asked him to fill in for fellow comedian Professor Irwin Corey at the Playboy Club the rest is history especially Black American history. Prior to that even...