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Buddy Mitchell

80 years old · died February 8, 2026 · Lexington Assessment and Reception Center, Cleveland County, Oklahoma

Buddy Mitchell died at Lexington Assessment and Reception Center on February 8, 2026, in the custody of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. Buddy Mitchell was 80 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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