query: who are richard pryor children?

title: Rain Pryor

text: Rain Pryor Rain Pryor (born July 16, 1969) is an American actress and comedian. She is the daughter of the late comedian Richard Pryor. Pryor was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Shelley R. (née Bonus) and comedian Richard Pryor. Rain Pryor's mother was a Jewish go-go dancer and Rain was largely raised with her Jewish maternal grandparents, who taught her about Jewish culture. Her award-winning solo show "Fried Chicken and Latkes" explores racism in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In regard to her background, Pryor has joked that while growing up she felt "proud, but guilty

title: Rain Pryor

text: Collins published her book "Jokes My Father Never Taught Me" in 2006. In 2002, Pryor married family therapist Kevin Kindlin; they divorced in 2006. In 2007, she began dating Yale Partlow, a Baltimore nursing student/meditation teacher After many miscarriages, she gave birth to their daughter Lotus Marie on April 1, 2008. Partlow and Pryor divorced in 2014. Pryor currently resides in Baltimore with daughter Lotus and husband, Dave Vane. Rain Pryor Rain Pryor (born July 16, 1969) is an American actress and comedian. She is the daughter of the late comedian Richard Pryor. Pryor was born in Los Angeles, California,

title: Richard Pryor

text: May 31, 2013, Showtime debuted the documentary "" directed by Emmy Award–winning filmmaker Marina Zenovich. The executive producers are Pryor's widow Jennifer Lee Pryor and Roy Ackerman. Interviewees include Dave Chappelle, Whoopi Goldberg, Jesse Jackson, Quincy Jones, George Lopez, Bob Newhart, Richard Pryor, Jr., Lily Tomlin, and Robin Williams. From June 7 to 9, 2013, SiriusXM hosted "Richard Pryor Radio", a three-day tribute which featured his stand-up comedy and full live concerts. "Richard Pryor Radio" replaced The Foxxhole for the duration of the event. In the episode "Taxes and Death or Get Him to the Sunset Strip"(2012), the voice of

title: Richard Pryor (album)

text: Richard Pryor (album) Richard Pryor is the debut album of comedian Richard Pryor. It was recorded live in 1968 at the Troubadour in West Hollywood, California. Gary Burden, an American artist, designed the album cover which was nominated for Best Album Cover at the 12th Annual Grammy Awards Gary Burden, who designed the album cover, said Pryor wanted to do something "kind of Roots-y" for the cover. Burden thought "roots" for Pryor would be some kind of tribal or African thing, so he got authentic African artifacts and weapons that fit the idea of a "tribal bushman". Pryor said he

title: Richard Pryor

text: Richard Pryor Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor (December 1, 1940 – December 10, 2005) was an American stand-up comedian, actor, and social critic. Pryor was known for uncompromising examinations of racism and topical contemporary issues, which employed vulgarities and profanity, as well as racial epithets. He reached a broad audience with his trenchant observations and storytelling style, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential stand-up comedians of all time. Pryor's body of work includes the concert movies and recordings: "Richard Pryor: Live & Smokin'" (1971), "That Nigger's Crazy" (1974), "...Is It Something I Said?" (1975),

title: Richard Pryor

text: poll to find "The Comedian's Comedian", Pryor was voted the 10th-greatest comedy act ever by fellow comedians and comedy insiders. Pryor was posthumously awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006. The animal rights organization PETA gives out an award in Pryor's name to people who have done outstanding work to alleviate animal suffering. Pryor was active in animal rights and was deeply concerned about the plight of elephants in circuses and zoos. Artist Preston Jackson created a life-sized bronze statue in dedication to the beloved comedian and named it "Richard Pryor: More than Just a Comedian". It was placed

title: Richard Pryor

text: when he was ten, Pryor was raised primarily by Marie, a tall, violent woman who would beat him for any of his eccentricities. Pryor was one of four children raised in his grandmother's brothel. He was sexually abused at age seven, and expelled from school at the age of fourteen. While in Peoria, he became a Freemason at a local lodge. Pryor served in the U.S. Army from 1958 to 1960, but spent virtually the entire stint in an army prison. According to a 1999 profile about Pryor in "The New Yorker", Pryor was incarcerated for an incident that occurred

title: Richard Pryor

text: The Weinstein Company with Lee Daniels as director. It was further announced, in August 2014, that the biopic will have Oprah Winfrey as producer and will star Mike Epps as Pryor. He is portrayed by Brandon Ford Green in Season 1 Episode 4 "Sugar and Spice" of Showtime's "I'm Dying Up Here". Richard Pryor Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor (December 1, 1940 – December 10, 2005) was an American stand-up comedian, actor, and social critic. Pryor was known for uncompromising examinations of racism and topical contemporary issues, which employed vulgarities and profanity, as well as racial epithets. He reached a

title: Richard Pryor

text: last 50 years". Dave Chappelle said of Pryor, "You know those, like, evolution charts of man? He was the dude walking upright. Richard was the highest evolution of comedy." This legacy can be attributed, in part, to the unusual degree of intimacy Pryor brought to bear on his comedy. As Bill Cosby reportedly once said, "Richard Pryor drew the line between comedy and tragedy as thin as one could possibly paint it." In 1998, Pryor won the first Mark Twain Prize for American Humor from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. According to former Kennedy Center President

title: Richard Pryor

text: Richard Pryor is played by Eddie Griffin in the satirical TV show "Black Dynamite". A planned biopic, entitled "Richard Pryor: Is It Something I Said?", was being produced by Chris Rock and Adam Sandler. The film would have starred Marlon Wayans as the young Pryor. Other actors previously attached include Mike Epps and Eddie Murphy. The film would have been directed by Bill Condon and was still in development with no release date, as of February 2013. The biopic remained in limbo, and went through several producers until it was announced in January 2014 that it was being backed by

title: The Richard Pryor Show

text: The Richard Pryor Show The Richard Pryor Show was an American comedy variety show starring and created by Richard Pryor. It premiered on NBC on Tuesday, September 13, 1977 at 8 p.m. opposite ABC's "Laverne & Shirley" and "Happy Days". The show was produced by Rocco Urbisci for Burt Sugarman Productions. It was conceived out of a special that Pryor did for NBC in May 1977. Because the special was a major hit, both critically and commercially, Pryor was given a chance to host and star in his own television show. "TV Guide" included the series in their 2013 list

title: The Richard Pryor Show

text: again, in August 2012. On March 11, 2010, "The Top 10 Greatest Sketches from The Richard Pryor Show" was released by Alright, Dude Productions, featuring a mini-documentary format on Pryor's history, the conception of the show, and eventually moving into the actual countdown portion. The Richard Pryor Show The Richard Pryor Show was an American comedy variety show starring and created by Richard Pryor. It premiered on NBC on Tuesday, September 13, 1977 at 8 p.m. opposite ABC's "Laverne & Shirley" and "Happy Days". The show was produced by Rocco Urbisci for Burt Sugarman Productions. It was conceived out of

title: Richard Pryor (album)

text: a style that was as far-out as Frank Zappa and as defiant as H. Rap Brown, and was catalyzed by the fusion of the two movements. On the one hand, the freewheeling ethic of the counterculture shaded Richard’s act with irony, making his more political moves seem provisional and subject to revision. On the other, the militancy of the Black Power movement sharpened his zaniness, giving it a point: his improvisations could cut you open with their poignancy or shock you with their bitterness". The Anthology (1968–1992) Richard Pryor (album) Richard Pryor is the debut album of comedian Richard Pryor.

title: Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

text: was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Editing. Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic is a 2013 American biographical documentary film directed by Marina Zenovich, who also writing with P.G. Morgan and Chris A. Peterson. The film is about the life of comedian and actor Richard Pryor. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 26, 2013. It also aired in the United Kingdom on BBC Four as part of their "Storyville" strand of documentaries and in the United States on Showtime on July 31, 2013. The documentary won the NAACP Image

title: Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

text: Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic is a 2013 American biographical documentary film directed by Marina Zenovich, who also writing with P.G. Morgan and Chris A. Peterson. The film is about the life of comedian and actor Richard Pryor. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 26, 2013. It also aired in the United Kingdom on BBC Four as part of their "Storyville" strand of documentaries and in the United States on Showtime on July 31, 2013. The documentary won the NAACP Image Award for Best Television Documentary and editor, Chris A. Peterson,

title: Richard Pryor: Live in Concert

text: ever captured on film." In her review of "Richard Pryor Live in Concert", Pauline Kael commented, "Probably the greatest of all recorded-performance films. Pryor had characters and voices bursting out of him ... Watching this mysteriously original physical comedian you can't account for his gift and everything he does seems to be for the first time." An album version was released in 1978 titled "". Richard Pryor: Live in Concert Richard Pryor: Live in Concert is a 1979 American stand-up comedy film starring Richard Pryor and directed by Jeff Margolis. Pryor's performance earned him a 5th place nomination for the

title: Richard Pryor

text: Murphy won the part. In 1975, Pryor was a guest host on the first season of "Saturday Night Live" and the first black person to host the show. Pryor took longtime girlfriend, actress-talk show host Kathrine McKee (sister of Lonette McKee), with him to New York, and she made a brief guest appearance with Pryor on "SNL". He participated in the "word association" skit with Chevy Chase. He would later do his own variety show,"The Richard Pryor Show", which premiered on NBC in 1977. The show was cancelled after only four episodes probably because television audiences did not respond well

title: Richard Pryor

text: to all the negotiations that went on between Columbia and Richard's lawyers, but the camera operator who had thrown that errant piece of watermelon had been fired that day. I assume now that Richard was using drugs during "Stir Crazy". He appeared in "Harlem Nights" (1989), a comedy-drama crime film starring three generations of black comedians (Pryor, Eddie Murphy, and Redd Foxx). In his later years starting in the early to mid-1990s, Pryor used a power-operated mobility scooter due to multiple sclerosis (MS, which he said stood for "More Shit"). He appears on the scooter in his last film appearance,

title: Richard Pryor

text: comedy show "" (1982). He joked that the event was caused by dunking a cookie into a glass of low-fat and pasteurized milk, causing an explosion. At the end of the bit, he poked fun at people who told jokes about it by waving a lit match and saying, "What's that? Richard Pryor running down the street." After his "final performance", Pryor did not stay away from stand-up comedy long. Within a year, he filmed and released a new concert film and accompanying album, "" (1983), which he directed himself. He also wrote and directed a fictionalized account of his

title: Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip (film)

text: Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip (film) Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip is a 1982 American stand-up comedy film directed by Joe Layton, starring and produced by Richard Pryor who also writing with Paul Mooney. The film is based on Pryor's . Released in 1982, the film was the most financially lucrative of the comedian's concert films. The material includes Pryor's frank discussion of his drug addiction and of the night that he caught on fire while freebasing cocaine in 1980. "Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip" has received positive reviews. Rotten Tomatoes gives the film

title: Richard Pryor

text: reputation for constantly using profanity on and off camera, Pryor briefly hosted a children's show on CBS called "Pryor's Place" (1984). Like "Sesame Street", "Pryor's Place" featured a cast of puppets, hanging out and having fun in a surprisingly friendly inner-city environment along with several children and characters portrayed by Pryor himself. However, "Pryor's Place" frequently dealt with more sobering issues than "Sesame Street". It was cancelled shortly after its debut, despite the efforts of famed puppeteers Sid and Marty Krofft and a theme song by Ray Parker, Jr. of "Ghostbusters" (1984) fame. Pryor co-hosted the Academy Awards twice and

title: Richard Pryor

text: having a two-week sexual relationship with a transvestite, which he called "two weeks of being gay". Pryor had seven children with six different women: In 1963, Pryor moved to New York City and began performing regularly in clubs alongside performers such as Bob Dylan and Woody Allen. On one of his first nights, he opened for singer and pianist Nina Simone at New York's Village Gate. Simone recalls Pryor's bout of performance anxiety: Inspired by Bill Cosby, Pryor began as a middlebrow comic, with material far less controversial than what was to come. Soon, he began appearing regularly on television

title: Richard Pryor: Live in Concert

text: Richard Pryor: Live in Concert Richard Pryor: Live in Concert is a 1979 American stand-up comedy film starring Richard Pryor and directed by Jeff Margolis. Pryor's performance earned him a 5th place nomination for the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor. The film was shot in Long Beach, California on December 10, 1978, it was produced and distributed independently and the first full-length, feature movie consisting of only stand-up comedy, often hailed as one of the seminal and most influential recorded stand-up performances of the modern era. Eddie Murphy has called it "the single greatest stand-up performance

title: Jono Pryor

text: married to Jennifer with whom he has two children, son Oscar John Pryor (born roughly 21st of February 2010) and daughter Poppy Pryor (born 3rd of November 2012). Ben Boyce Jono and Ben Jono Pryor Jonathan Richard "Jono" Pryor is a New Zealand radio and television personality best known as the cohost of "Jono and Ben". Pryor worked for The Rock radio station for over 15 years, before moving to The Edge in 2017 to cohost "The Edge Afternoons with Jono, Ben & Sharyn" with Ben Boyce and Sharyn Casey. Pryor starred in "Amped" and "The Jono Project" on C4,

text: a score of 100% based on reviews from 13 critics, with an average rating of 8.8/10. Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip (film) Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip is a 1982 American stand-up comedy film directed by Joe Layton, starring and produced by Richard Pryor who also writing with Paul Mooney. The film is based on Pryor's . Released in 1982, the film was the most financially lucrative of the comedian's concert films. The material includes Pryor's frank discussion of his drug addiction and of the night that he caught on fire while freebasing cocaine in 1980.

title: The Richard Pryor Show

text: of 60 shows that were "Cancelled Too Soon". "The Richard Pryor Show" lasted four episodes during the 1977 season. Industry observers questioned NBC's decision to put one of America's most controversial and profanity-laced artists in the middle of "family hour" on Tuesdays. The main cast consisted of Pryor as various characters. Some of the more popular characters were Pryor playing a money-seeking priest, a wino, and a white-hating rock star. The rest of the cast consisted of comedians, some of whom went on to have popular careers in Hollywood. Pryor filmed only four episodes of the show. There were many

title: Richard Pryor

text: 1990, Pryor suffered a second heart attack while in Australia. He underwent triple heart bypass surgery in 1991. In late 2004, his sister said he had lost his voice as a result of his multiple sclerosis. However, on January 9, 2005, Pryor's wife, Jennifer Lee, rebutted this statement in a post on Pryor's official website, citing Richard as saying: "I'm sick of hearing this shit about me not talking... not true... I have good days, bad days... but I still am a talkin' motherfucker!" On December 10, 2005, nine days after his 65th birthday, Pryor suffered a heart attack in

title: Richard Pryor

text: In his autobiography "Kiss Me Like a Stranger", co-star Gene Wilder says that Pryor was frequently late to the set during filming of "Stir Crazy", and that he demanded, among other things, a helicopter to fly him to and from set because he was the star. Pryor was also accused of using allegations of on-set racism to force the hand of film producers into giving him more money: One day during our lunch hour in the last week of filming, the craft service man handed out slices of watermelon to each of us. Richard, the whole camera crew, and I

title: Richard Pryor

text: American Humor was presented to him in 1998. He was listed at number one on Comedy Central's list of all-time greatest stand-up comedians. In 2017, "Rolling Stone" ranked him first on its list of the 50 best stand-up comics of all time. Born on December 1, 1940 in Peoria, Illinois, Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor grew up in the brothel run by his grandmother, Marie Carter, where his alcoholic mother, Gertrude L. (née Thomas), was a prostitute. His father, LeRoy "Buck Carter" Pryor (June 7, 1915 – September 27, 1968), was a former boxer and hustler. After Gertrude abandoned him

title: Roger Atkinson Pryor

text: Peace and War" (1904), was recommended by the United Daughters of the Confederacy to its membership for serious study. After her death, Sarah Pryor was buried at Princeton Cemetery, near her sons Theodorick and William. Her daughter, Mary Blair Pryor Walker, was also buried near her. Pryor was a descendant of Richard Bland II, Richard Bland I, Theodorick Bland of Westover, and Governor Richard Bennett Retrieved on 2008-02-13 Roger Atkinson Pryor Roger Atkinson Pryor (July 19, 1828 – March 14, 1919) was a Virginian newspaper editor and politician who became known for his fiery oratory in favor of secession; he

title: Richard Pryor (album)

text: that as a result of that cover, he received two letters: "one was a letter from the National Geographic Society’s attorneys offering to sue me for defaming their publication. The second letter was a Grammy nomination for the best album cover". The album was later re-issued with a modified cover, the yellow border was intact, but the inner border of oak and olive leaves was replaced with the Statue of Liberty in what appears to be a lined ruler. In Scott Saul’s book, "Becoming Richard Pryor", Saul opined that in 1968 when Pryor was performing at the Troubadour; "he invented

title: Richard Pryor

text: On December 19, 2005, BET aired a Pryor special, titled "The Funniest Man Dead or Alive". It included commentary from fellow comedians, and insight into his upbringing. A retrospective of Pryor's film work, concentrating on the 1970s, titled "A Pryor Engagement", opened at Brooklyn Academy of Music Cinemas for a two-week run in February 2013. Several prolific comedians who have claimed Pryor as an influence include George Carlin, Dave Attell, Martin Lawrence, Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, Colin Quinn, Patrice O'Neal, Bill Hicks, Sam Kinison, Bill Burr, Louis C.K., Jerry Seinfeld, Jon Stewart, Eddie Murphy, Eddie Griffin, and Eddie Izzard. On

title: Richard Pryor

text: Lawrence J. Wilker, Pryor was selected as the first recipient of the Prize because as a stand-up comic, writer, and actor, he struck a chord, and a nerve, with America, forcing it to look at large social questions of race and the more tragicomic aspects of the human condition. Though uncompromising in his wit, Pryor, like Twain, projects a generosity of spirit that unites us. They were both trenchant social critics who spoke the truth, however outrageous. In 2004, Pryor was voted number one on Comedy Central's list of the 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time. In a 2005 British

title: Richard Pryor

text: while he was stationed in West Germany. Angered that a white soldier was overly amused at the racially charged scenes of Douglas Sirk's film "Imitation of Life", Pryor and several other black soldiers beat and stabbed him, although not fatally. Pryor was married seven times to five women: Pryor also had relationships with actresses Pam Grier and Margot Kidder. In 2018, Quincy Jones and Jennifer Lee claimed that Pryor had a sexual relationship with Marlon Brando, and that Pryor was open about his bisexuality with his friends. Pryor's daughter Rain later disputed the claim. In his autobiography, Pryor admitted to

title: Who Are These Children?

text: typically takes about 20 minutes. The songs are: Four of the poems (Nos. 3, 6, 9 and 11) are in Scottish Standard English; the other eight are in Lowland Scots. The latter comprise five pithy miniatures (which Soutar called "Bairn-Rhymes"), a "Bairn's Song" (No. 12) and two riddles; the former "deal with darker themes, particularly the plight of children in the context of violence and war". The cycle was recorded by the original performers for Decca in November 1972 at The Maltings, Snape. The producer was Ray Minshull and the recording engineer Kenneth Wilkinson. Who Are These Children? Who Are

title: Richard Pryor

text: Pryor and his wife/manager, Jennifer Lee Pryor, won legal rights to all the Laff material, which amounted to almost 40 hours of reel-to-reel analog tape. After going through the tapes and getting Richard's blessing, Jennifer Lee Pryor gave Rhino Records access to the tapes in 2004. These tapes, including the entire "Craps" album, form the basis of the February 1, 2005, double-CD release "". In November 1977, after many years of heavy smoking and drinking, Pryor suffered a mild heart attack. He recovered and resumed performing by January the following year. He was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1986. In

title: Richard Pryor

text: his appearance in "The Wiz" (1978), and "Insane" for "Stir Crazy" (1980). Pryor co-wrote "Blazing Saddles" (1974), directed by Mel Brooks and starring Gene Wilder. Pryor was to play the lead role of Bart, but the film's production studio would not insure him, and Mel Brooks chose Cleavon Little, instead. Before his horribly damaging 1980 freebasing incident, Pryor was about to start filming Mel Brooks' "History of the World, Part I" (1981), but was replaced at the last minute by Gregory Hines. Pryor was also originally considered for the role of Billy Ray Valentine on "Trading Places" (1983), before Eddie

title: Who Are These Children?

text: Who Are These Children? Who Are These Children? is a song cycle for tenor and piano composed in 1969 by Benjamin Britten (191376), and published as his Op. 84. It consists of settings of twelve poems by the Scottish poet William Soutar (18981943). It was written to mark the 700th National Galleries of Scotland Concert. It was dedicated to Tertia Liebenthal, honorary organiser of the Edinburgh lunch-hour concerts. The first performance was at Edinburgh on 4 May 1971 by Peter Pears (tenor) and the composer (piano); she had by then died, and it was given in her memory. A performance

title: Snooky Pryor

text: Legends tour, which played throughout Europe. On this tour they recorded an album in London, "Homesick James & Snooky Pryor", for Jim Simpson's label, Big Bear Records. Some of his better-known songs are "Judgement Day" (1956), "Crazy 'Bout My Baby" (from "Snooky", 1989), "Where Did You Learn to Shake It Like That" (from "Tenth Anniversary Anthology", 1989), and "Shake My Hand" (1999). Pryor's son Richard "Rip Lee" Pryor is also a blues musician and performs in and around his hometown of Carbondale, Illinois. Snooky Pryor James Edward "Snooky" Pryor (September 15, 1919 or 1921 – October 18, 2006) was an

title: Richard Pryor

text: at the corner of State and Washington Streets in downtown Peoria, on May 1, 2015, close to the neighborhood in which he grew up with his mother. The unveiling was held Sunday, May 3, 2015. In 2002, a television documentary entitled "The Funny Life of Richard Pryor" depicted Pryor's life and career. Broadcast in the UK as part of the Channel 4 series "Kings of Black Comedy", it was produced, directed and narrated by David Upshal and featured rare clips from Pryor's 1960s stand-up appearances and movies such as "Silver Streak" (1976), "Blue Collar" (1978), "" (1978), and "Stir Crazy"

title: Paul Pryor

text: demand as a public speaker. Pryor maintained his teaching and coaching position in Wisconsin during the baseball offseasons, with an arrangement to leave that job early for the start of the major league season. He was married to the late Carleen Hammond of Hendersonville, N.C. They had four children and two grandchildren. Paul Pryor John Paul Pryor (July 10, 1927 – December 15, 1995) was a professional baseball umpire who worked in the National League from 1961 to 1981. Pryor wore uniform number 13 for most of his career. Pryor umpired 3,094 major league games in his 21-year career. He

title: Richard Pryor

text: at the 1976 Grammy Awards. Pryor's release "Bicentennial Nigger" (1976) continued his streak of success. It became his third consecutive gold album, and he collected his third consecutive Grammy for Best Comedy Recording for the album in 1977. With every successful album Pryor recorded for Warner (or later, his concert films and his 1980 freebasing accident), Laff quickly published an album of older material to capitalize on Pryor's growing fame—a practice they continued until 1983. The covers of Laff albums tied in thematically with Pryor movies, such as "Are You Serious?" for "Silver Streak" (1976), "The Wizard of Comedy" for

title: The Richard Pryor Show

text: ones by the Friars Club or hosted by Dean Martin). The show's cast roasted Pryor, who sat with his head down laughing mildly while regulars on the show either had kind remarks or very scornful ones. For instance, Sandra Bernhard said that Pryor was a very good father who gave everything he had, that being "a flat nose and big lips." . Because Pryor's status as a comedic and Hollywood icon continued to grow, a two-volume DVD set was released on March 23, 2004. The DVDs include the special that Pryor did that was the inspiration for the series. In

title: Richard Pryor

text: was nominated for an Emmy for a guest role on the television series "Chicago Hope". Network censors had warned Pryor about his profanity for the Academy Awards, and after a slip early in the program, a five-second delay was instituted when returning from a commercial break. Pryor is also one of only three "Saturday Night Live" hosts to be subjected to a rare five-second delay for his 1975 appearance (along with Sam Kinison in 1986 and Andrew Dice Clay in 1990). Pryor developed a reputation for being demanding and disrespectful on film sets, and for making selfish and difficult requests.

title: Richard Pryor

text: "Stir Crazy", and after days of freebasing cocaine, Pryor poured 151-proof rum all over himself and lit himself on fire. While ablaze, he ran down Parthenia Street from his Los Angeles home, until being subdued by police. He was taken to a hospital, where he was treated for second- and third-degree burns covering more than half of his body. Pryor spent six weeks in recovery at the Grossman Burn Center at Sherman Oaks Hospital. His daughter, Rain, stated that the incident happened as a result of a bout of drug-induced psychosis. Pryor incorporated a description of the incident into his

title: Richard Pryor

text: to his show's controversial subject matter, and Pryor was unwilling to alter his material for network censors. During the short-lived series, he portrayed the first black President of the United States, spoofed the "Star Wars" Mos Eisley cantina, took on gun violence, and in another skit, used costumes and visual distortion to appear nude. In 1979, at the height of his success, Pryor visited Africa. Upon returning to the United States, Pryor swore he would never use the word "nigger" in his stand-up comedy routine again. Late in the evening of June 9, 1980, during the making of the film

title: Richard Pryor

text: here!?", and walked off the stage. Afterward, Pryor began working profanity into his act, including the word "nigger". His first comedy recording, the eponymous 1968 debut release on the Dove/Reprise label, captures this particular period, tracking the evolution of Pryor's routine. Around this time, his parents died—his mother in 1967 and his father in 1968. In 1969, Pryor moved to Berkeley, California, where he immersed himself in the counterculture and rubbed elbows with the likes of Huey P. Newton and Ishmael Reed. In the 1970s, Pryor wrote for such television shows as "Sanford and Son", "The Flip Wilson Show", and

title: Richard Pryor

text: variety shows, such as "The Ed Sullivan Show", "The Merv Griffin Show", and "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson". His popularity led to success as a comic in Las Vegas. The first five tracks on the 2005 compilation CD "", recorded in 1966 and 1967, capture Pryor in this period. In September 1967, Pryor had what he described in his autobiography "Pryor Convictions" (1995) as an "epiphany". He walked onto the stage at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas (with Dean Martin in the audience), looked at the sold-out crowd, exclaimed over the microphone, "What the fuck am I doing

title: Roger Atkinson Pryor

text: the twentieth century. Her memoirs have been important sources for historians doing research on southern society during and after the Civil War. One of their granddaughters, Mary Blair Rice, authored several books under the pen name of Blair Niles. Pryor was born near Petersburg, Virginia at Montrose as the second child of Lucy Atkinson and Theodorick Bland Pryor, a minister. He had an older sister Lucy. His father was a grandson of Richard Bland and his paternal ancestors were descended from early Virginia colonists. After his mother died young, his father remarried and had several children with his second wife.

title: John Pryor (soldier)

text: John Pryor (soldier) Major John Pryor of Richmond, Virginia served in the Continental Army under the overall command of Gen. George Washington in the American Revolutionary War. He served as an artillery officer from February 1777 to June 1779. From June 1779 to January 1783, he was Aide-de-Camp to Gen. William Alexander, Lord Stirling. He is noted as the first husband of Anne Beverly Whiting, who after leaving Pryor, became the mother of explorer John C. Frémont. Pryor remarried in 1815 to Elizabeth Quarles Graves. He had no surviving children from either marriage. Major Pryor was a member of the

title: Cactus Pryor

text: He died on August 30, 2011 in Austin, Texas, aged 88, weeks after breaking his leg in a fall. His son, Don Pryor, is co-host of the very popular, "Todd and Don Show" on News Radio KLBJ. Another of Cactus's sons, Paul Pryor, once worked in Austin radio as well. 4Star 1498. Cactus Pryor. If I Know'd Yousa A Comin' I'd Cut My Throat/Can't Yodel Blues. Issued June 23, 1950. Cactus Pryor Richard "Cactus" Pryor (January 7, 1923 – August 30, 2011) was an American broadcaster and humorist. He received his nickname after the old Cactus Theater on Congress Avenue

title: Cactus Pryor

text: Cactus Pryor Richard "Cactus" Pryor (January 7, 1923 – August 30, 2011) was an American broadcaster and humorist. He received his nickname after the old Cactus Theater on Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas, which was run by his father, "Skinny" Pryor. Pryor was first heard on Lady Bird Johnson's radio station 590 KLBJ, though his face became as well known as his voice once he moved to television broadcasting on Austin television station KTBC. In addition to his work in radio and television, Pryor also appeared in two movies, "Hellfighters" and "The Green Berets" with John Wayne. He was the

title: Jono Pryor

text: Jono Pryor Jonathan Richard "Jono" Pryor is a New Zealand radio and television personality best known as the cohost of "Jono and Ben". Pryor worked for The Rock radio station for over 15 years, before moving to The Edge in 2017 to cohost "The Edge Afternoons with Jono, Ben & Sharyn" with Ben Boyce and Sharyn Casey. Pryor starred in "Amped" and "The Jono Project" on C4, before he began co-hosting "Jono and Ben at Ten" on Three alongside Boyce in 2012. In 2015, the show moved to prime time at 7:30pm, re-branded as "Jono and Ben". Jono Pryor is

title: Karen Pryor

text: in 1975. They had three children: Ted, Michael and Gale. Her second marriage was to Jon Lindbergh, son of aviator Charles Lindbergh and writer Anne Morrow Lindbergh; they divorced in 1997. Books: Karen Pryor Karen Pryor (born May 14, 1932) is an American author who specialized in behavioral psychology and marine mammal biology. She is a founder and proponent of clicker training. She was formerly a Marine Mammal Commissioner to the U.S. government. Pryor is the daughter of author Philip Wylie and antiques dealer Sally Ondeck Wylie. Her uncle was Max Wylie, co-creator of "The Flying Nun". Her cousin, Janice

title: David Pryor

text: the same time, Pryor was elected to the 90th Congress for a full term. In the primary, Pryor defeated the Texarkana lawyer Richard S. Arnold, whom he later described as "a very, very close friend." Pryor thereafter defeated the Republican candidate, A. Lynn Lowe of Texarkana, by a comfortable margin. Lowe would subsequently become chairman of the fledgling Arkansas GOP. Pryor was reelected to the House twice and served from November 8, 1966 to January 3, 1973. He was not a candidate for reelection in 1972. Instead he failed in a hard-fought campaign to wrest the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination

title: Luke Pryor

text: Pryor of Natchez, Mississippi. Pryor married Isabella Virginia Harris. They were the parents of 8 children, all born in Alabama. Luke Pryor lived at the Sugar Creek Plantation, in Athens, Alabama, for 40 years before his death. Pryor House, built in 1836, stands as a historic building in Limestone County, Alabama. Pryor studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1841. On the 1850 United States Census his occupation was recorded as "lawyer." Luke Pryor was a slave owner. On the 1840 Census 6 free blacks under the age of 10 were recorded in his father's household, as well

title: Robert Pryor

text: Robert Pryor Robert Pryor DL JP (21 April 1812 - 23 August 1889) was an English barrister. Pryor was the second son of Thomas Marlborough Pryor (1777-1821), a Quaker of Hampstead Heath, Middlesex and his wife Hannah, daughter of Samuel Hoare a banker. His elder brother Marlborough Pryor (1807-1869) was JP, but had left no children. Pryor was educated privately before being admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge in 1829 and graduating as fourth wrangler in 1834. This began somewhat of a tradition for Pryors of going to Trinity. He was admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1834 and Called to the

title: Sara Agnes Rice Pryor

text: Petersburg. After he resigned his commission to go with General Fitzhugh Lee's cavalry, she returned to Petersburg to keep their family together. After the war, Roger Pryor moved to New York where he started a new law practice. Sara Rice Pryor and the children joined him, moving to Brooklyn Heights in 1868. Her second memoir describes their struggling through ten years of poverty (although she always had a domestic servant, first a former slave from Virginia who returned home, and then an Irish woman). Mrs. Pryor sewed all the clothes for her children, found places for the younger girls at

title: Richard Pryor

text: Los Angeles. He was taken to a local hospital after his wife's attempts to resuscitate him failed. He was pronounced dead at 7:58 am PST. His widow Jennifer was quoted as saying, "At the end, there was a smile on his face." He was cremated, and his ashes were given to his family. Forensic pathologist Michael Hunter believes Pryor's fatal heart attack was caused by coronary artery disease that was at least partially brought about by years of tobacco smoking. Jerry Seinfeld called Pryor "the Picasso of our profession" and Bob Newhart heralded Pryor as "the seminal comedian of the

title: Richard Pryor

text: life, "Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling" (1986), which revolved around the 1980 freebasing incident. In 1983, Pryor signed a five-year contract with Columbia Pictures for $40 million and he started his own production company, Indigo Productions. Softer, more formulaic films followed, including "Superman III" (1983), which earned Pryor $4 million; "Brewster's Millions" (1985), "Moving" (1988), and "See No Evil, Hear No Evil" (1989). The only film project from this period that recalled his rough roots was Pryor's semiautobiographic debut as a writer-director, "Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling" (1986), which was not a major success. Despite a

title: Richard Pryor

text: a 1973 Lily Tomlin special, for which he shared an Emmy Award. During this period, Pryor tried to break into mainstream television. He also appeared in several popular films, including "Lady Sings the Blues" (1972), "The Mack" (1973), "Uptown Saturday Night" (1974), "Silver Streak" (1976), "Car Wash" (1976), "Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings" (1976), "Which Way Is Up?" (1977), "Greased Lightning" (1977), "Blue Collar" (1978), "The Muppet Movie" (1979). Pryor signed with the comedy-oriented independent record label Laff Records in 1970, and in 1971 recorded his second album, "Craps (After Hours)". Two years later, the relatively unknown comedian

title: Laurie Pryor

text: Hopkins Community Education, and worked on Yvonne Selcer's campaign for the Minnesota House. Pryor was first elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2016. Pryor and her husband, Jon, have resided in Minnetonka, Minnesota since 1989. They have three children. Laurie Pryor Laurie Pryor (born 1956/57) is an American politician and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), she represents District 48A in the western Twin Cities metropolitan area. Pryor graduated from Austin High School in Austin, Minnesota. She attended Carleton College, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in English. She

title: Austin Pryor

text: in Washington, D.C. Austin Pryor Austin C. Pryor, Jr. (April 3, 1945) is an American financial writer, speaker, and radio personality whose work focuses on investment counseling from an evangelical Christian point of view. Pryor is a native of Louisville, Kentucky, and graduated from the University of Kentucky where he received a B.S. degree in Banking and Finance in 1967. Pryor has been married to his wife, Susie, for 48 years; they have three grown children: Tre, Andrew, and Matthew; and they have 10 grandchildren. Pryor and his wife reside in Louisville, Kentucky. He has been a member of Southeast

title: Austin Pryor

text: Austin Pryor Austin C. Pryor, Jr. (April 3, 1945) is an American financial writer, speaker, and radio personality whose work focuses on investment counseling from an evangelical Christian point of view. Pryor is a native of Louisville, Kentucky, and graduated from the University of Kentucky where he received a B.S. degree in Banking and Finance in 1967. Pryor has been married to his wife, Susie, for 48 years; they have three grown children: Tre, Andrew, and Matthew; and they have 10 grandchildren. Pryor and his wife reside in Louisville, Kentucky. He has been a member of Southeast Christian Church since

title: The Richard Pryor Show

text: controversial skits that aired, but the most controversial bit was the first episode's unaired title-card scene in which Pryor was shown nude but with his genitals removed like a Ken doll. A skit in which Pryor appeared as a machine gun-toting rocker who kills all of his white fans also caused a stir. The third episode also featured a controversial skit that showed a woman describing what her first lesbian experience was like in a park. Probably one of the most shocking and revealing skits of the show came during the last episode. The skit featured a roast (similar to

title: The Richard Pryor Show

text: February 2010, the African-American-themed cable network TV One aired a five-hour marathon of "The Richard Pryor Show", which consisted of the original special, followed by all four episodes of the series. The broadcast marked one of only two times that the show had been aired on television since its original run on NBC. In the late 1990s,it was re-shown as a summer filler show after most of their other series had either been canceled or fulfilled their regular seasons. In February 2011, TV One re-aired the episodes again in honor of black history month. The network began showing the episodes

title: Pryor Mountains

text: Pryor Mountains The Pryor Mountains are a mountain range in Carbon and Big Horn counties of Montana. They are located on the Crow Indian Reservation and the Custer National Forest, and portions of them are on private land. They lie south of Billings, Montana, and north of Lovell, Wyoming. The mountains are named for Sergeant Nathaniel Hale Pryor, a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition who vainly pursued horses stolen from the expedition in the area. The Crow Nation, a Native American tribe which lived nearby, called the mountains Baahpuuo Isawaxaawuua ("Hitting Rock Mountains") because of the abundance of

title: Nathaniel Hale Pryor

text: robbed the trading houses of Mr. G. hunt, and Nathaniel Pryor, Esq. killed Pryor, and two of Hunt's men—Hunt escaped. In 1819 Pryor was given permission to trade with the Osage Nation. He returned to the fur trade after the war, and in 1820 established a trading post on present-day Grand River near Pryor Creek, Oklahoma. Another erroneous report of his death appeared in the press in February 1822, stating he had been killed by a group of Cherokees. He married an Osage woman and had several children. With Sam Houston in 1829 and 1830, Pryor met with Claremont the

title: Boori Monty Pryor

text: promotion of Indigenous culture." In his keynote address for the 2013 Come Out Festival in Adelaide, Pryor spoke about the importance of storytelling, performance, and dance in engaging children with literacy, literature, and Indigenous cultures. Pryor was an ambassador for the National Year of Reading (Australia) in 2012. Picture Books Young adult novels Non-fiction Boori Monty Pryor Boori Monty Pryor (born 1950) is an Indigenous Australian writer best known as a storyteller and as the inaugural Australian Children's Laureate (20122013). Pryor is descended from the Birri-gubba nation of the Bowen region and the Kunggandji people from Yarrabah, near Cairns. He

title: Mark Pryor

text: a son and a daughter, Adams and Porter. He is married to Joi Pryor, his high school sweetheart. They are members of the First Assembly of God in North Little Rock. In 1996, Pryor was diagnosed with clear-cell sarcoma, a rare form of cancer, in his left leg. His treatment and rehabilitation took 15 months, and he was told by one doctor that he might have to have his leg amputated, but it was discovered early enough and the cancer was successfully removed. Mark Pryor Mark Lunsford Pryor (born January 10, 1963) is an American attorney and politician who served

title: Richard Pryor

text: (1980). Contributors included George Carlin, Dave Chappelle, Whoopi Goldberg, Ice-T, Paul Mooney, Joan Rivers, and Lily Tomlin. The show tracked down the two cops who had rescued Pryor from his "freebasing incident", former managers, and even school friends from Pryor's home town of Peoria, Illinois. In the US, the show went out as part of the "Heroes of Black Comedy" series on Comedy Central, narrated by Don Cheadle. A television documentary, "!!" (2003) consisted of archival footage of Pryor's performances and testimonials from fellow comedians, including Dave Chappelle, Denis Leary, Chris Rock, and Wanda Sykes, on Pryor's influence on comedy.

title: Richard Pryor

text: a small role in David Lynch's "Lost Highway" (1997) playing an auto-repair garage manager named Arnie. Rhino Records remastered all of Pryor's Reprise and WB albums for inclusion in the box set "...And It's Deep Too! The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings" (2000). In late December 1999, Pryor appeared in the cold open of "The Norm Show" in the episode entitled "Norm vs. The Boxer". He played Mr. Johnson, an elderly man in a wheelchair who has lost the rights to in-home nursing when he kept attacking the nurses before attacking Norm himself. This was his last television appearance. In 2002,

title: Where Are My Children?

text: Where Are My Children? Where Are My Children? is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Phillips Smalley and Lois Weber and stars Tyrone Power, Sr., Juan de la Cruz, Helen Riaume, Marie Walcamp, Cora Drew, A.D. Blake, Rene Rogers, William Haben and C. Norman Hammond The film tells the story of a district attorney (Power, Sr.) who, while prosecuting a doctor for illegal abortions, finds out that society people, including his wife, used the doctor's services. Richard Walton, a district attorney, is presented with an obscenity case: A medical practitioner, Dr. Homer, has been arrested for distributing 'indecent'

title: M.G.M. Pryor

text: M.G.M. Pryor Mark Gillachrist Marlborough Pryor (25 February 1915 – 19 October 1970) was a British biologist, who was Senior Tutor and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. Pryor was the middle son of Lt. Col. Walter Marlborough Pryor and his wife Ethne Philippa (née Moore), the daughter of Sir Norman Moore, 1st Baronet. His paternal grandfather was Marlborough Robert Pryor, who was an amateur naturalist "well known in Cambridge scientific circles". He was educated, per family tradition, at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. He worked as a research student under A.D. Imms. Pryor married Sophie Raverat, daughter of the late

title: Richard Bland (burgess)

text: Theodorick Bland and John Bland, who was the great-grandfather of Chancellor Theodorick Bland of Maryland. Bland married Mary Swan and had seven children who all died in their infancy. His first wife died in September, 1700, and on February 11, 1701, he married Elizabeth Randolph, the daughter of William Randolph, and had five children: Bland's many notable descendants include, in addition to his son and namesake, Roger Atkinson Pryor and Joseph Pembroke Thom, a Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates. Preceding her husband in death, Elizabeth Randolph Bland died January, 1720. Richard Bland (burgess) Richard Bland I (August 11,

title: Richard Pryor (album)

text: knew of a cave right near his home in Beverly Hills that would be an ideal location for the shoot. Burden found charred sticks from a previous fire, and Pryor donned the necklace, belt and the authentic brass nose ring, and posed with the bow and arrow for the cover. After seeing the photos, and how primitive Pryor looked in them, Burden thought they had the look of "National Geographic". Burden then enlisted his friend Rick Griffin to do artwork that resembled their magazine border, which made the cover look "totally real, like a cover of National Geographic". Burden said

title: Roger Atkinson Pryor

text: of Anderson's Division in Longstreet's Corps when Maj. Gen. Richard H. Anderson was wounded. Pryor proved inept as a division commander, and Union troops flanked his position, causing them to fall back in disorder. As a result, he did not gain a permanent higher field command from the Confederate president. In 1863, Pryor resigned his commission and his brigade was broken up, its regiments being reassigned to other commands. In August of that year, he enlisted as a private and scout in the 3rd Virginia Cavalry Regiment under General Fitzhugh Lee. Pryor was captured on November 28, 1864, and confined

title: Francis Pryor

text: to have fewer children and eat less meat. Britain AD - Three part Channel 4 series. 2004. Francis Pryor Francis Manning Marlborough Pryor, MBE, FSA (born 13 January 1945) is an English archaeologist specialising in the study of the Bronze and Iron Ages in Britain. He is best known for his discovery and excavation of Flag Fen, a Bronze Age archaeological site near Peterborough, as well as for his frequent appearances on the Channel 4 television series "Time Team". Born to a Burke's Landed Gentry family, Pryor studied at Eton College before going on to study archaeology at Trinity College,

title: M.G.M. Pryor

text: French artist Jacques Raverat and his wife Gwendolen Mary (née Darwin) (a granddaughter of Charles Darwin), in 1940. They had four children: Emily Pryor (1942–2008), William Marlborough Pryor (born 1945), Lucy (known professionally as "Lucy Raverat", born 1948) and Amy Eleanor (born 1952, known as Nelly; she married her 3rd cousin, the film and television director Philip Trevelyan). Pryor was elected a Fellow of Trinity College in 1939. Before the war, he published with P.F. Holmes a paper on barnacles in Horsey Mere in "Nature". He also published a double paper on the hardening of oothecae and cuticles in insects.

title: Pryor Mountain mustang

text: who has set the optimum herd number at 120 animals. Genetic studies have revealed that the herd exhibits a high degree of genetic diversity and a low degree of inbreeding, and BLM has acknowledged the genetic uniqueness of the herd. Pryor Mountain Mustangs are relatively small horses, exhibit a natural ambling gait, and domesticated Pryor Mountain mustangs are known for their strength, sure-footedness and stamina. The Pryor Mountains Wild Horse Range is one of the most accessible areas to view feral horse herds in the United States and tourism to the area has increased in recent years. Feral horses are

title: Arthur Pryor

text: Newcomb and his running mate, Arthur Johnson. Pryor and Herbert would each serve one, three-year term in office. In the 1936 election, they were defeated by Republicans J. Russell Woolley and Edgar O. Murphy. Pryor was married to Maude Russell Pryor. Their son Roger Pryor (1901 – 1974) also became a bandleader and a film actor. They also had sons Arthur Jr., who became a bandsman and advertising executive, and Samuel Pryor. The senior Pryor suffered a stroke on June 17, 1942, and died on June 18 at his home in West Long Branch, New Jersey. Funeral services were conducted

title: M.G.M. Pryor

text: until 1964. In 1967 Mark and Sophie Pryor were involved in a road traffic accident, in which she was relatively unharmed but which left him with brain damage in a persistent vegetative state for almost three years until his death, aged 51. There is a memorial brass to Pryor in Trinity College Chapel M.G.M. Pryor Mark Gillachrist Marlborough Pryor (25 February 1915 – 19 October 1970) was a British biologist, who was Senior Tutor and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. Pryor was the middle son of Lt. Col. Walter Marlborough Pryor and his wife Ethne Philippa (née Moore), the daughter

title: Pryor Mountains

text: there. The Pryor Mountains are also home to the Pryor Mountains Wild Horse Range, a protected area that is home to a herd of free-roaming feral horses. This herd was the subject of the 1995 documentary film "Cloud: Wild Stallion of the Rockies" and its sequel, the 2003 documentary film "Cloud's Legacy: The Wild Stallion Returns". Pryor Mountains The Pryor Mountains are a mountain range in Carbon and Big Horn counties of Montana. They are located on the Crow Indian Reservation and the Custer National Forest, and portions of them are on private land. They lie south of Billings, Montana,

title: Mark Pryor

text: funds for the state. Pryor was also a committed advocate of the state’s military families; he guided the SACRIFICE Act to passage, thus providing families of those injured in combat more timely and reliable medical care. In late 2001, Pryor announced his candidacy for the Senate seat held by Tim Hutchinson, who six years earlier had become the first Arkansas Republican to serve in that body since Reconstruction. The seat had been held by his father David Pryor (also a former Arkansas governor), who actively campaigned for his son. Pryor defeated Hutchinson 54% to 46% and was the only Democratic

title: Paul Pryor

text: Paul Pryor John Paul Pryor (July 10, 1927 – December 15, 1995) was a professional baseball umpire who worked in the National League from 1961 to 1981. Pryor wore uniform number 13 for most of his career. Pryor umpired 3,094 major league games in his 21-year career. He umpired in three World Series (1967, 1973 and 1980), four League Championship Series (1970, 1974, 1977 and 1981) and three All-Star Games (1963, 1971 and 1978). Pryor was a minor league baseball pitcher from 1945 to 1948 in the St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Athletics and Brooklyn Dodgers organizations. Not long after graduating

title: Aaron Pryor

text: IBF title against Nick Furlano in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Pryor knocked down Furlano twice in the first round, but was unable to finish him. Pryor won by a lopsided fifteen-round unanimous decision. Furlano became the first boxer in 27 fights to last the entire fight with Pryor. Pryor defended his title against future IBF light welterweight champion Gary Hinton on March 2, 1985. Pryor won by a fifteen-round split decision. He got off to a sluggish start but came on strong in the second half, winning five of the last seven rounds on the cards of judges Frank Cairo (who

title: Aaron Pryor

text: Golden Gloves, but lost to Howard Davis Jr. at the 1976 Olympic Trials. Pryor participated as an alternate in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Pryor turned professional on November 11, 1976, with a second-round knockout of Larry Smith, for which he made $400. A few days later, Pryor signed a managerial contract with Buddy LaRosa, owner of LaRosa's Pizzeria. He was also trained by Raymond Cartier. Pryor fought eight times in 1977, winning all but two by knockout. The only two fighters who lasted the entire fight with Pryor that year were Jose Resto and Johnny Summerhayes, each losing

title: Ronald Pryor

text: he played a three-match series the Argentine national team in Buenos Aires. In the second of those matches, he took a maiden five-wicket haul, 5/59, in Argentina's first innings (and 8/114 for the match), which was followed by 4/78 in the first innings of the next match. Argentina returned the tour in mid-1922, with Pryor again taking a five-wicket haul, 5/28 in the match at Niterói. Along with Arthur Grass and Richard Latham, Pryor was one of only three Brazilians (out of a fifteen-man squad) to be named in the composite South American team that toured the British Isles during

title: La Pryor, Texas

text: La Pryor is served by the La Pryor Independent School District. La Pryor, Texas La Pryor ( ) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Zavala County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,643 at the 2010 census. The town is named for Col. Isaac (Ike) T. Pryor, who in the 1880s owned a ranch that included the site of the community. The Nueces River crosses U.S. Highway 83 north of La Pryor. The community has within its limits branches of the Texas Department of Transportation and the Zavala County Bank. La Pryor is located at (28.943879, -99.844349). According to the

title: John Benjamin Pryor

text: the Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame in Saratoga, New York. By the 1861 UK Census Pryor had traveled to England, where he continued his employment as a horse trainer at Chesterfield House in Woodditton, Cambridgeshire, living with his wife Frances, sister in law Cordelia Bingaman, and 7 children. Pryor's family was still in England in 1871 and counted on the census at another racing establishment, Roden House in Compton, Berkshire. Pryor and his family returned to the United States aboard the ship Cimbria, entering New York City on October 12, 1872. By 1880 Pryor was living in Monmouth County, New

title: Roger Atkinson Pryor

text: were slaveholders. When Sara was about eight, the Hargraves moved with her to Charlottesville for her education. Sara and Roger A. Pryor had seven children together: For a few years, Pryor worked at journalism, serving on the editorial staffs of the "Washington Union" in 1852 and the "Daily Richmond Enquirer" in 1854. The latter was one of the leading papers in the South for 50 years. After getting involved in politics, Pryor was appointed by President Franklin Pierce as a diplomat to Greece in 1854. Upon his return to Virginia, in 1857 he established "The South," a daily newspaper in

title: Mark Pryor (author)

text: position with the Travis County District Attorney’s Office. He currently resides in Austin with his wife and three children. Mark Pryor (author) Mark Pryor (born May 8, 1967) is a British mystery writer and Assistant District Attorney for Travis County, Texas. He is best known for his mystery novels featuring Hugo Marston, a former FBI agent from Texas, and now head of security at the U.S. Embassy in Paris. Pryor is also the author of the nonfiction book, "As She Lay Sleeping," based on the 1985 cold case murder of Natalie Antonetti (the mother of Johnny Goudie) that he successfully

title: Pryor Brock Farmstead

text: 31, 1823 in Tennessee, and moved to Putnam County, Indiana in 1829 when his father Allen Brock chose to relocate; the family removed to Boone County in 1832. Pryor married Emeline Stoneking in 1846. It was in 1878 that the Brocks built the house, after some of their older children had already moved out. By 1880 the value of the land was $10,000 when the county average was $1,180. Emeline died in 1884, with Pryor eventually marrying an Emma Lemon when he was 68 years old. Pryor would be 75 years old when he died on October 3, 1898. The

title: Sara Agnes Rice Pryor

text: the Packer School, got a loan from a family friend with her husband's war silver as collateral, and helped her husband with his law studies. The couple became prominent among a number of influential southerners in the North, who were known as "Confederate carpetbaggers." Mrs. Pryor became active in the social life of New York in the late nineteenth century. While she and her family were struggling, Mrs. Pryor and her friends realized that other women and children needed help; many immigrants continued to arrive in New York. Together with other women in Brooklyn Heights, she raised money to found

title: Roger Pryor (actor)

text: Roger Pryor (actor) Roger Pryor (August 27, 1901 – January 31, 1974) was an American film actor. The son of bandmaster Arthur Pryor, Roger Pryor was born in New York City, New York. He had a brother, Arthur Pryor Jr., who was also a bandmaster. Pryor attended the Dwight School in New York. While there, he became so interested in performing on stage that "he and the school parted company by mutual consent." Pryor's debut on stage came in stock theater when he was 18, after which he worked with several repertory theatre companies. His Broadway credits include "The Backslapper"

title: Pryor Creek, Oklahoma

text: in Pryor. Oklahoma State Institute of Technology also has a Mid America Industrial Park Training Location located Southeast of Pryor. The Thunderbird Youth Academy, funded by the Federal Government and operated by the Oklahoma National Guard, is a twenty-two-week program to help high school dropouts restructure their lives. It is open to men and women who are Oklahoma residents, 16 to 18 years old, and is free to the participants. It is held at the site of the former Whitaker State Orphans Home. MidAmerica Industrial Park is located about south of Pryor. In May 2007 Google announced its plans to

title: John Benjamin Pryor

text: Jersey. The 1880 US Census answers a question as to the possible identity of Pryor's wife. Although UK records reflect that Pryor had children born as early as 1849, neither his wife nor the children were recorded on the 1850 or 1860 US Census. In 1880 Pryor was recorded as "white" and his children's race as "mulatto" indicating that his wife may have been either a free African-American or a slave. Pryor's sons also became horse trainers. Luke began his own training career in 1872 under the employment of avid sportsman August Belmont, namesake of the Belmont Stakes in the

title: David Pryor

text: as dean of the Clinton School of Public Service in Little Rock. In June 2006, President George W. Bush nominated Pryor to the board of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and in September of that year he was confirmed by the Senate for a six-year term. As he has done occasionally in the past, Pryor taught a political science course at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville during the Fall 2008 term. His son is former United States Senator Mark Pryor, a Democrat who held the same seat that his father vacated in 1997. In 2004, Pryor was one of

title: Mark Pryor

text: restricting UN funding for population control policies, prohibiting minors crossing state lines for abortion, and barring Health and Human Services grants to organizations that perform abortions. On December 18, 2010, Pryor voted in favor of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010. In 2004, Pryor voted to extend the "Assault Weapons Ban". In 2013, Pryor voted against a measure that would have required background checks for all firearms purchases. In March 2013, Pryor cosponsored a bill that would flag individuals attempting to buy guns who have used an insanity defense, were ruled dangerous by a court, or had

title: Mark Pryor

text: Mark Pryor Mark Lunsford Pryor (born January 10, 1963) is an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senator from Arkansas from 2003 to 2015. While he ran for office as a Democrat and affiliates with the Democratic party, he registered to vote with no party affiliation. Prior to becoming senator, he was Attorney General of Arkansas from 1999 to 2003. Born in Fayetteville, Arkansas, Pryor is the son of former Arkansas Governor and U.S. Senator David Pryor. He received his bachelor's degree and law degree from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. He worked in private