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Ernie Sexton

75 years old · died September 2, 2025 · John H. Lilley Correctional Center, Oklahoma

Ernie Sexton died in a hospital on September 2, 2025, held at John Lilley Correctional Center, in the custody of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. Ernie Sexton was 75 years old. The department lists the manner of death as natural.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. Oklahoma Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as natural.

Reported by: Oklahoma 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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