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==Personal life== In 1957, Pryor married Barbara Jean Lunsford, who at the time was a 19 year old freshman at the University of Arkansas. Unable to tolerate the stresses of public life, she briefly lived away from her family from 1975 to 1977, while her husband was governor. During that time, she took various university courses and had trouble finding a job, and she eventually moved back into the governor's mansion after completing her rest.<ref>{{cite news|last=Mann |first=Judy |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1979/03/16/barbara-pryor-is-back-as-a-complete-person/eca3ec90-0de8-4162-a40d-bd1ace642827/ |title=Barbara Pryor Is Back As a Complete Person |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=March 16, 1979 |access-date=April 4, 2019}}</ref> Pryor had quadruple [[Coronary artery bypass surgery|bypass surgery]] performed by Dr. Tamim Antaki at [[UAMS Medical Center]] on October 11, 2006. He had suffered a heart attack the previous day. His recovery was satisfactory and he was released from the hospital on October 17, 2006.<ref>[http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2006/10/18/news/101906lrdavidpryor.txt]{{dead link|date=December 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> On July 13, 2020, Arkansas Governor [[Asa Hutchinson]] announced at a press briefing about the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] [[COVID-19 pandemic in Arkansas|in the state]] that Pryor and his wife Barbara tested positive for the [[COVID-19|disease]] with Pryor hospitalized at [[University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences|UAMS]] in [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]] and his wife under home quarantine.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thv11.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/david-pryor-wife-coronavirus-arkansas/91-7bcfc8be-a4c8-4ee1-ac9c-b5c2cd82675d|title=Former Arkansas Governor, Senator David Pryor in hospital with COVID-19|date=July 13, 2020|work=[[KTHV|THV11]]}}</ref> Pryor died at his home in Little Rock, on April 20, 2024, at the age of 89.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Brock |first1=Roby |title=Former U.S. Sen. David Pryor has died; hailed as 'dedicated' public servant, 'true statesman |url=https://talkbusiness.net/2024/04/former-u-s-sen-david-pryor-has-died-hailed-as-dedicated-public-servant-true-statesman/ |website=Talk Business & Politics |date=April 20, 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2024/apr/20/former-us-sen-david-pryor-dies-at-89-nwaonline/| title = Former U.S. Sen. David Pryor dies at 89| last = Lockwood| first = Frank E.| date = April 20, 2024| website = nwaonline.com| publisher = Northwest Arkansas Newspapers LLC.| access-date = April 20, 2024| quote =}}</ref> He would [[lie in state]] at the Arkansas State Capitol on April 26, 2024.<ref name=funeral>{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/david-pryor-funeral-arkansas-484608ee54200b5c1a3e9f4d69dbd47d|title=David Pryor, former governor and senator of Arkansas, is remembered|publisher=Associated Press|date=April 27, 2024|accessdate=April 2, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://katv.com/news/local/david-pryor-laying-in-state-at-arkansas-state-capitol-former-arkansas-governor-us-senator-camden-governor-sarah-huckabee-sanders-bryan-sanders-capitol-rotunda-john-walker-mark-lowery|title=David Pryor laying-in-state at Arkansas State Capitol|first=Rowdy|last=Baribeau|publisher=KATV|date=April 26, 2024|accessdate=April 2, 2025}}</ref> His funeral would then be held at Second Presbyterian Church in [[Little Rock]] on April 27, 2025, with [[Bill Clinton]] being among those in attendance.<ref name=funeral /><ref name=funeralandburial>{{cite news|url=https://katv.com/news/local/david-pryor-former-arkansas-governor-and-us-senator-to-be-laid-to-rest-politics|title=David Pryor, former Arkansas Governor and U.S. Senator, laid to rest April 27th|publisher=KATV|date=April 27, 2024|accessdate=April 2, 2025}}</ref> He would be buried at Mount Holly Cemetery in [[Little Rock]].<ref name=funeralandburial />
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