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Charles Bear

73 years old · died May 17, 2025 · Joseph Harp Correctional Center, Oklahoma

Charles Bear died in a hospital on May 17, 2025, held at Joseph Harp Correctional Center, in the custody of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. Charles Bear was 73 years old. The department lists the manner of death as accident.

Cause of death, as reported: Died in an accident. Oklahoma Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as accident.

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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