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Jack Lee Harelson

72 years old · died December 14, 2012 · Oregon State Penitentiary, Salem, Oregon

Jack Lee Harelson, 72, was a former insurance agent from Grants Pass, Oregon. He died on December 14, 2012, in the prison infirmary at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem. The Oregon Department of Corrections said he died of natural causes. The Grants Pass Daily Courier first reported the death, and the agency confirmed the cause in a report published afterward.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness

Reported by: Oregon Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); Grants Pass Daily Courier (reporters).

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