Moore died Sunday evening at an Akron nursing home from complications of diabetes, said his brother, Gerald Moore. Services will be held in Akron and Spokane, Washington.
Moore played the title role of a flashy, fast-talking pimp and title character fresh out of jail in the 1975 movie Dolemite. In later years Moore collaborated with 2 Live Crew, Big Daddy Kane and Snoop Dogg becoming an influence to a generation of rappers.
Rudy Ray Moore was part of the heyday of black "party records." His stage personality featured blunt sex routines. He never crossed over to the mainstream audience like others during that time.
The Washington Post said in a 1992 profile that “Moore was elaborately boastful, profane and scatological tales of life in the old-style urban subculture of pimps, prostitutes, gamblers and badmen.”
Moore's other notable acting credits during the era of black action films included The Human Tornado in 1976 and Disco Godfather in 1979.
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