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Died in prison

Bennie Smith

died September 30, 2020 · Blackwater River Correctional Facility, Florida

Bennie Smith died on September 30, 2020, while held at Blackwater Correctional Facility, a Florida state prison. The Florida Department of Corrections lists the manner of death as natural. The record gives no cause of death and nothing about who he was or how he died.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness

Reported by: Florida 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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