Clyde Giddens
Clyde Giddens, a Coushatta native in his late seventies, had been in failing health for several years, and by 2018 he was almost bed bound and used a wheelchair to get around. He died on May 17, 2020, at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, where he was held in the custody of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections. The department's death data gives COVID-19 as the cause. WAFB reported in July 2020 that autopsy and prison records it reviewed tied his death to the virus. KTBS reported that a 2018 request for a medical furlough for him had been denied.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. Autopsy and prison records reviewed by WAFB-TV tie his death to COVID-19.
Reported by: autopsy and prison records reviewed by WAFB-TV (reporters); Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (the agency that held him).