Bonus Episode: Strange Celebrity Deaths, Great Comedians, and Hot Takes

DISGRACELAND

Jake Brennan

True Crime, Music, Society & Culture

4.6 • 13.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

This week, Jake is thinking about Richard Pryor. If Pryor had died after setting himself on fire, would that be the strangest celebrity death of all time? Jake takes a look at some strange celebrity deaths, including Tennessee Williams, William Holden, and more. If you know some strange celebrity death stories, let us know! On Tuesday we're bringing you an episode on one of the most important musical figures of the 20th century - Louis Armstrong. But we're going beyond his musical and cultural impact to explore some of the other surprising stuff he was mixed up in - the mob, international intrigue, and a whole lot of marijuana. Jake wants to know: Which musician's behavior surprised you the most? Tell Jake at 617-906-6638, [email protected], or on socials @disgracelandpod. For more great Disgraceland episodes, dive into our extensive archive, including such episodes as: Episode 108 - Sex Pistols pt 1. Episode 109 - Sex Pistols pt 2. Episode 193 - The Replacements (All Access) Episode 3 - Sam Cooke Episode 53 - John Denver Episode 153 - INXS' Michael Hutchence To hear an extended version of the After Party and hear Jake's thoughts on the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, become a Disgraceland All Access member at disgracelandpod.com/membership. Visit www.disgracelandpod.com/merch to see the latest Disgraceland merch! Sign up for our newsletter and get the inside dirt on events, merch and other awesomeness - GET THE NEWSLETTER Follow Jake and DISGRACELAND: Instagram YouTube X (formerly Twitter) To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:05.3	Yeah. The After Party. Welcome to the Disgraceland bonus episode, a little thing we like to call the after
1:09.0	party.
1:09.4	This is the show after the show, the party after the party, the bridge to get you from
1:12.6	one full episode of disgrace and to the other, the backyard to dig into the dirt.
1:17.5	On this bonus episode, we are talking about this week's full episode subject, the icon
1:22.3	Richard Pryor, incredibly bizarre celebrity deaths.
1:25.7	That's kind of related to Richard Pryor.
1:27.1	We get into that here.
1:27.7	We're also previewing our upcoming episode on Louis Armstrong.
1:31.3	And we get into your voicemails, text, DMs, emails.
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