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Jessie Lee Cooks

76 years old · died June 30, 2021 · California Medical Facility, Solano County, California

Jessie Lee Cooks, 76, died on June 30, 2021, at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, where he was in the hospice unit. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said he was found unresponsive in his assigned bed and pronounced dead that night. The department said the Solano County Coroner will determine the cause and manner of death, which remain pending.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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