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Donald Galvin

died January 22, 2018 · Shuttuck Hospital, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Donald Galvin, a man from Boston's Roxbury neighborhood, died on January 22, 2018, at Shattuck Hospital in Boston while he was in the custody of the Plymouth County sheriff's office. A sheriff's office spokesman, John Birtwell, said he died after a lengthy illness. The Patriot Ledger reported the death in late January 2018.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Plymouth County sheriff's spokesman, John Birtwell, said Galvin died after a lengthy illness.

Reported by: John Birtwell, spokesman for the Plymouth County sheriff's office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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