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Edward Blackmon

died March 6, 2025 · Reception and Medical Center, Florida

Edward Blackmon died on March 6, 2025, while held at the Reception and Medical Center Main Unit, a Florida state prison. The Florida Department of Corrections, in its inmate mortality listing, classified the manner of death as natural. The department's listing gives no cause of death, and no one has disputed that classification in the records available.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Florida Department of Corrections recorded the death as natural.

Reported by: Florida 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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