John C. Barrett
John Barrett was held at Dade Correctional Institution, a Florida state prison, according to the Florida Department of Corrections, which recorded his death on June 5, 2020 as natural. His sister, Tina Barrett, wrote in the Miami Herald that he was well respected as a person and as a musician, full of humor, and that he took and gave classes in prison. She said the family lost contact with him in April and learned he was critically ill only when a hospital called them. She said his body gave out after COVID-19, and that he died in a South Florida hospital in June 2020.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Florida Department of Corrections recorded the death as natural, and his sister says he died of COVID-19 after being critically ill in a hospital.
Reported by: Florida Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); Tina Barrett, his sister, writing in the Miami Herald (family or their lawyers).