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Billy Gassaway

81 years old · died February 24, 2026 · Joseph Harp Correctional Center, Oklahoma

Billy Gassaway died in a hospital on February 24, 2026, held at Joseph Harp Correctional Center, in the custody of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. Billy Gassaway was 81 years old. The department lists the manner of death as natural.

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

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

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