After two years of appeals, Ann’s conviction for her May 1965 arrest was upheld by the Illinois Supreme Court. She would never serve the term, however: her long battle with mouth cancer took her life by the end of the year.
Peoria
A digital companion to the biography Becoming Richard Pryor
Upholds Ruling In Vice Case
Date: 10/3/1967
Citation:
"Upholds Ruling in Vice Case," Peoria Journal Star, Oct. 3, 1967.
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1. Sophisticated Lady
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Ann Pryor and Friend
–1950s–Ann Pryor and a friend in 1950s Peoria
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Ann and Buck Drinking With Friends
–1950s–Richard's father and stepmother, on the town with some sharp-dressed friends
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Ann Stepping Out On the Town
–1950s–Richard's stepmother Ann, in a happy time and a sophisticated place
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Buck and Ann Pryor in Aiken Alley
–4/3/1951–Richard's father and stepmother relaxing on Aiken Alley
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R. Pryor Launched in Movies
–9/9/1967–On the occasion of Richard's first film role, the Peoria Journal Star joined a conversation with his father
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Obituary: Mrs. Viola Pryor
–1/3/1968–Ann Pryor died of cancer on December 31, 1967
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2. In the Shadow of the Law
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Prostitution Counts Name 5 Defendants
–9/10/1965–When police raided the brothel of Richard's father and stepmother, Buck ran and Ann stayed
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Guilty Verdict in Trial of Alleged ‘Madam’
–10/6/1965–Ann, already sick with cancer, was sentenced to jail time for running a brothel
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Convicted Madam Out as Student
–10/8/1965–Richard's stepmother Ann, accused in court of being a "madam," was kicked out of a local vocational school
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5 of 10 Vice Raid Counts Dismissed
–11/10/1965–Buck avoided jail time by evading police during a raid
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Appelate Court Upholds Vice Count Conviction
–9/24/1966–A year after her arrest, Ann's conviction was upheld by 2-1 vote in appeals court
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Upholds Ruling In Vice Case
–10/3/1967–Ann was ultimately sentenced to a year for prostitution, but did not live to serve the term
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