Died in prison
James Parker
James Parker was 100 years old and the oldest person held in Oklahoma's prisons at the time of his death. He died at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester on July 8, 2010. Security staff found him not breathing shortly after midnight, and the prison physician pronounced him dead shortly afterward. Warden's Assistant Terry Crenshaw said the death was natural.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. Warden's Assistant Terry Crenshaw said the death was natural, and the prison physician pronounced him dead shortly after staff found him not breathing.
Reported by: Warden's Assistant Terry Crenshaw (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.