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 New Fox star, 23, misses first day after car troubles. Iran's supreme leader makes first public comments since ceasefire. Man accused of killing his daughters might be dead. Her blood isn't compatible with anyone else's. Report an error