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Jewel Blair

57 years old · died January 17, 2026 · Mabel Bassett Correctional Center, Oklahoma

Jewel Blair died in a hospital on January 17, 2026, held at Mabel Bassett Correctional Center, in the custody of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. Jewel Blair was 57 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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