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Gerald Cheatham

died November 28, 2023 · Hardee Correctional Institution, Florida

Gerald Cheatham died on November 28, 2023, while held at Hardee Correctional Institution, a state prison in Florida. The Florida Department of Corrections recorded the manner of his death as natural. The department's record gives no cause of death.

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

Reported by: Florida 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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