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James Clark

56 years old · died October 19, 2020 · Pender Correctional Institution, Pender County, North Carolina

James Clark, 56, died on October 19, 2020, at a hospital after being held at Pender Correctional Institution in Burgaw, North Carolina. The state prison system said he tested positive for COVID-19, had underlying health conditions, and was hospitalized on September 29, 2020. The prison system announced his death and said it was the third COVID-19 death at the prison.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness

Reported by: North Carolina state prison system (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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