{"id":6481,"date":"1966-03-04T19:12:39","date_gmt":"1966-03-04T19:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.becomingrichardpryor.com\/pryors-peoria\/?p=6481"},"modified":"2014-10-10T20:03:06","modified_gmt":"2014-10-10T20:03:06","slug":"richard-pryor-vs-patricia-pryor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.becomingrichardpryor.com\/pryors-peoria\/1966\/03\/04\/richard-pryor-vs-patricia-pryor\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Pryor vs. Patricia Pryor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Pryor&#8217;s first marriage, to fellow Peorian Patricia Price, left few traces in the public record\u2014and the traces it left are somewhat deceptive.<\/p>\n<p>Five years after their 1961 marriage, and three years after he had left Peoria to make a name for himself as a comedian, Richard filed for divorce from Patricia. In the complaint, he alleged that Patricia was &#8220;not a fit person to have the care, custody\u2026and control of the education&#8221; of their child Richard, Jr.; that Patricia had committed adultery during their marriage; and that Richard had left Patricia because of this adultery.<\/p>\n<p>These allegations appear to have been part of an attempt, on Richard or his lawyer&#8217;s part, to jockey for position in the divorce proceedings. Having left behind his family to pursue his career on the road, Richard was not the type to take on sole custody of a child of his, and according to Richard Jr. (who heard his mother&#8217;s account of the marriage), it was Richard, not Patricia, who strayed from their marital vows.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.becomingrichardpryor.com\/pryors-peoria\/1967\/02\/09\/divorce-decree\/\">divorce decree<\/a>, issued by the judge eleven months later, would largely take Patricia&#8217;s side in the dispute over their marital history.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Pryor&#8217;s first marriage, to fellow Peorian Patricia Price, left few traces in the public record\u2014and the traces it left are somewhat deceptive. 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