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James Gilford

62 years old · died March 27, 2025 · Lexington Assessment and Reception Center, Cleveland County, Oklahoma

James Gilford died at Lexington Assessment and Reception Center on March 27, 2025, in the custody of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. James Gilford was 62 years old. The department lists the manner of death as natural.

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

Reported by: Oklahoma Department of Corrections (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.

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