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Donald Blom

73 years old · died January 10, 2023 · Minnesota Correctional Facility-Oak Park Heights, Washington County, Minnesota

Donald Blom, 73, died on January 10, 2023, at the Minnesota Correctional Facility at Oak Park Heights, a maximum security prison near Stillwater, where he was held. The Minnesota Department of Corrections said he was ill and that his death was expected and due to natural causes. The department's spokesperson, Aaron Swanum, gave the same account to the Duluth News Tribune.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Minnesota Department of Corrections said he died of natural causes from an illness, and the accounts report no dispute.

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

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