Eddie Murphy<\/a> is pulling back the curtain on the darker side of Hollywood.<\/p>\n In Netflix’s documentary, “Being Eddie,”<\/a> the actor and comedian, 64, opened up about his decision to financially cover the funeral costs and one tombstone for celebrity friends including musician Rick James, comedian Redd Foxx, and William Thomas Jr., who famously played Buckwheat in “The Little Rascals” film series.<\/p>\n “When Redd kicked out, I had to bury Redd. I had to bury Redd. I had to bury Rick. I bought Buckwheat a tombstone. Buckwheat didn\u2019t have no tombstone,” Murphy said in the film. “I\u2019m always burying these people.”<\/p>\n Eddie Murphy Claims Yul Brynner Made Sexual Proposition At His 21St Birthday Party At Studio 54<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Eddie Murphy has covered the funeral costs for several celebrity friends, including Rick James.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n “It tripped me out, these people you\u2026 show business and all that, and then when they pass away, there\u2019s not even the money to bury these people?” he added. “Where are their families? Where are these people? It\u2019s a lot of people like that.”<\/p>\n Redd Foxx, best known for his role as Fred Sanford in “Sanford and Son” in the 1970s, died of a heart attack on Oct. 11, 1991. He was 68.<\/p>\n Read On The Fox News App<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Eddie Murphy Sounds Off On \u2018Fake\u2019 Hollywood And Why He Thinks He’s Been Overlooked By The Oscars<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n William Thomas Jr. (left) died in 1980. Redd Foxx (right), best known for his role as Fred Sanford in “Sanford and Son” in the 1970s, died from a heart attack on Oct. 11, 1991. He was 68.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n “Redd was just funny effortlessly. I love Redd,” Murphy, who starred alongside Foxx in “Harlem Nights<\/a>,” said in the documentary. “To work with somebody you idolize\u2026 On the outside, I\u2019m unflappable. On the inside, I was like\u2026 \u2018Ahh!\u2019 When we were doing \u2018Harlem Nights,\u2019 I wanted to do a movie with some of my old heroes.”<\/p>\n Eddie Murphy Turned Down Drugs With Robin Williams And John Belushi: ‘God Was Looking Over Me’<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n James, who collaborated with Murphy on his 1985 single, “Party All the Time,” died of heart failure in 2004. Thomas died of a heart attack in 1980.<\/p>\n “I\u2019ve paid for a lot of funerals, but I don\u2019t go to funerals,” Murphy recently told USA Today<\/a>, Murphy said, The only funerals Murphy has been to are the ones for his biological father, Charles Edward Murphy, and his stepfather, Vernon Lynch.<\/p>\n Eddie Murphy said he doesn’t want his family and friends to have a funeral for him after he dies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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