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Harry E. Pedersen

73 years old · died March 5, 2021 · Iowa Medical and Classification Center, Johnson County, Iowa

Harry E. Pedersen, 73, died on March 5, 2021, at the Iowa Medical and Classification Center in Coralville, Iowa, a state prison facility. According to the Iowa Department of Corrections, which announced the death, he died in a hospice room. The department said he died of natural causes and that COVID-19 did not play a role.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Iowa Department of Corrections said he died of natural causes and that COVID-19 did not play a role.

Reported by: Iowa 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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