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Artimus Dawson

62 years old · died June 6, 2022 · State Correctional Institution at Houtzdale, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania

Artimus Dawson, 62, died on June 6, 2022, at SCI Houtzdale in Clearfield County, in the custody of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. The death was reported to the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, which lists the manner of death as natural causes.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as natural.

Reported by: Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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