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Buddy Champion

died June 15, 2025 · Central Florida Reception Center South, Florida

Buddy Champion died on June 15, 2025, while held at the Central Florida Reception Center South Unit, a Florida state prison. The Florida Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as natural. The department's record gives no cause of death. The records available for this death contain no account from family or others about the person's life.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness

Reported by: Florida 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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