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Dongfan Greg Chung

84 years old · died May 28, 2020 · Federal Correctional Institution Butner Low, Granville County, North Carolina

Dongfan Greg Chung, 84, died on May 28, 2020, at Federal Correctional Institution Butner Low in Butner, North Carolina, after testing positive for COVID-19. Federal prison officials said he went into respiratory failure at the facility, was evaluated, and was taken to a hospital for treatment, where he was pronounced dead. Officials said he had long-term pre-existing medical conditions. Officials gave the cause of death as respiratory failure after COVID-19.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. Federal prison officials said he died of respiratory failure after COVID-19, a natural cause.

Reported by: Federal Bureau of Prisons (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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