{"id":3758,"date":"1944-01-01T23:48:49","date_gmt":"1944-01-01T23:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.becomingrichardpryor.com\/pryors-peoria\/?p=3758"},"modified":"2014-05-21T22:05:07","modified_gmt":"2014-05-21T22:05:07","slug":"bryant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.becomingrichardpryor.com\/pryors-peoria\/1944\/01\/01\/bryant\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Bryant, Richard&#8217;s grandfather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas Bryant, <a title=\"Marie Pryor\" href=\"http:\/\/www.becomingrichardpryor.com\/pryors-peoria\/archive\/people\/marie-pryor\/\">Marie Pryor<\/a>&#8216;s second husband, was known as &#8220;Pops&#8221; amongst Richard&#8217;s family. 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