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James Druggan

70 years old · died May 6, 2020 · Federal Correctional Institution Elkton, Columbiana County, Ohio

James Druggan, 70, of Reynoldsburg, was held at the federal prison in Elkton, Ohio, where he had been since 2015. He was taken to a hospital in early April 2020 after struggling to get enough oxygen, tested positive for the coronavirus there, and was placed on a ventilator. The Federal Bureau of Prisons says he died of COVID-19 on May 6, 2020, the eighth person to die of the virus at the prison.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Federal Bureau of Prisons says he died of COVID-19 after being placed on a ventilator at a hospital.

Reported by: Federal Bureau of Prisons (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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