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the the This morning at 10.15 a.m. Eastern, I received the phone call and my phone lit up and it said Paul Mooney.

When I answered the call, it was his cousin Rudy Ely, letting me know that two hours earlier, Paul had passed away from a heart attack.

Rudy said that Paul had asked him to make him a Peter

Butter and Jelly sandwich and then he went in to make the sandwich and he came back and

found Paul Mooney unresponsive. He then called paramedics, police and fire. They rushed

to the home there. Paul had been living with his cousin Rudy Ely because Paul had been

suffering from dementia the last

several years. They were unable to revive him and he was pronounced dead at the age of 79.

There are no words to describe the comedic genius of Paul Mooney. So many people have talked about

what he meant. His legendary writing for Richard Pryor and others, the roles

that he played on screen, but also his unrelenting honesty when it came to the comedy stage.

This was someone, if you want to talk about this show being Roland Martin unfiltered,

then that certainly speaks to who Paul Mooney was.

There was a reason why he watched this show, why he was a fan of mine.

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