Entertainment | Dick Gregory 5 Classic Dick Gregory Jokes The comedian and civil rights activist died Saturday at 84 By Josh Rosenblatt Posted Aug 20, 2017 2:00 PM CDT Copied Dick Gregory (Scott Keeler /Tampa Bay Times via AP) Comedian and civil rights activist Dick Gregory died Saturday at age 84, and sites are remembering some of his classic jokes. Here's a sampling, culled from the Washington Post, the New York Times, NPR, and the Los Angeles Times. "We tried to integrate a restaurant, and they said, `We don't serve colored folk here,' and I said, `Well, I don't eat colored folk nowhere. Bring me some pork chops.'" "I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into my neighborhood after dark." “Segregation is not all bad. Have you ever heard of a collision where the people in the back of the bus got hurt?” “I sat in at a lunch counter for nine months. When they finally integrated, they didn’t have what I wanted.” “I've been reading so much about cigarettes and cancer, I quit reading.” Read These Next Bryan Kohberger has admitted his guilt. Who added bill's proposed tax on clean energy? No one knows. Red Sox player is just the 6th player to register rare HR combo. FBI is getting new headquarters, just a few blocks away. Report an error