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Born June 7, 1915 in Decatur, Illinois, LeRoy “Buck” Pryor was the first child of Richard’s beloved grandmother Marie Pryor. At age eighteen, he won a Golden Gloves boxing tournament in Chicago, and never forgot how to score a knockout.
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Father LeRoy Pryor Jr. (aka Buck Carter), a bartender, boxer, and WWII vet, died in 1968. Raised by grandmother Marie Carter, madam on Peoria's North Washington Street; died 1978.
LeRoy “Buck Carter” Pryor Jr. Pvt. U.S. Army WWII Veteran- Mr. Pryor died at St. Francis Hospital on 9-27-1968. He is the son of Mr. LeRoy & Mrs. Marie (Carter) Pryor Sr. of Peoria, Illinois. Mr. Pryor came to Peoria when he was 14, and was into the Golden Gloves scene. Mr.
Richard Pryor’s father LeRoy was indicted by a Peoria grand jury for the assault and robbery of black sergeant John Dotson. The grand jury indictment itemized the haul: $106 in cash, a wristwatch valued at $59, a Ronson lighter and a pocketknife.
This website offers a portal into the Peoria, Illinois world of Richard Pryor’s first twenty years — a passageway into the material he reshaped in his comedy. There are over 200 documents to explore here, and many stories to explore through them.
His father, LeRoy "Buck Carter" Pryor (June 7, 1915 – September 27, 1968), was a former boxer, hustler and pimp. [5] After Gertrude abandoned him when he was 10, Pryor was raised primarily by Marie, [6] a tall, violent woman who would beat him for any of his eccentricities.
LeRoy Pryor Jr. was born 7 June 1915 in Decatur, Illinois, United States to LeRoy Pryor (1888-1946) and Rithie Marie Carter (1899-1978) and died 27 September 1968 Peoria, Illinois, United States of unspecified causes.
