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Anthony Blue

63 years old · died May 6, 2020 · Roxbury Correctional Institution, Washington County, Maryland

Anthony Blue, 63, was held at Roxbury Correctional Institution in Hagerstown, Maryland, and died there on May 6, 2020. The state corrections department said he died from complications related to COVID-19, and he had been hospitalized in late April after falling ill. His sister, Inez Blue, said he was in severe pain during video chats with her and had come to feel he would never be free. She prepared a room in her home for him and bought a new quilt and curtains in anticipation of his release.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services said the death was from complications related to COVID-19.

Reported by: Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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