• Comedian and civil rights activist Dick Gregory attends ceremonies where he is honored with a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California, in 2015. Gregory, who in the 1960s became one of the first African-Americans to perform comedy at white clubs, died on Saturday, his family annoumced in social media. He was 84. | AFP-JIJI
    Comedian and civil rights activist Dick Gregory attends ceremonies where he is honored with a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California, in 2015. Gregory, who in the 1960s became one of the first African-Americans to perform comedy at white clubs, died on Saturday, his family annoumced in social media. He was 84. | AFP-JIJI

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WASHINGTON – Dick Gregory, a comedian who lambasted racism and played a prominent role in the 1960s civil rights movement after becoming one of the first black comics to perform for white audiences, died on Saturday at age 84, his son said.

“It is with enormous sadness that the Gregory family confirms that their father, comedic legend and civil rights activist Mr. Dick Gregory departed this earth tonight in Washington, D.C.,” his son, Christian, wrote on Instagram.

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