James Horner
James Horner, 67, died on May 7, 2020, while held at Neuse Correctional Institution in Goldsboro, North Carolina, according to records of the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction compiled by UCLA Law Behind Bars. A Carolina Public Press report from May 18, 2020 said that more than 460 people held at the prison tested positive for COVID-19 after testing in mid-April, and that two other people held there had died of the disease. The reporting does not say whether his death was caused by COVID-19.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. Neuse Correctional Institution's outbreak of more than 460 positive tests was the state's largest at the time, and the death is attributed to COVID-19.
Reported by: North Carolina Department of Adult Correction (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.