Pryor, who previously led the Commerce Corportaion from 2015 to 2022, left state government after facing widespread criticism over his leadership of the state’s housing department.
The Providence native drew heavily on personal tragedies in later films and documentaries. He staged a reenactment of his mother being crushed by a runaway car, an incident he witnessed as a 13-year-old, in the film “The Accident” (1999).
The Food and Drug Administration issued two alerts about electrical problems tied to the Marlborough-based company’s heart-zapping defibrillator systems and a separate issue with a heart implant used to reduce stroke risk.
