They worshipped Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Richard Pryor, Barbara Streisand and Marlon Brando. They flocked to theaters to escape the horrors of the day (e.g. Vietnam, Watergate, the Energy ...
In the late 1970s, at the peak of his fame ... “All I know is that I very badly want Richard Pryor to live.” Pryor recovered, of course, only to learn soon after he had multiple sclerosis.