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Barry Wilkins

55 years old · died August 27, 2014 · Arizona State Prison Complex-Safford Fort Grant Unit, Arizona

Barry Wilkins, 55, died on August 27, 2014, while held at the Fort Grant unit of the Arizona State Prison Complex-Safford. According to the Eastern Arizona Courier, Arizona Department of Corrections staff found him unresponsive on a Wednesday morning, and medical personnel later pronounced him dead. The death was described as an apparent suicide.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide

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