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John Kirch

78 years old · died March 29, 2025 · Minnesota Correctional Facility-Oak Park Heights, Minnesota

John Kirch, 78, died on March 29, 2025, while held at the Oak Park Heights Minnesota Correctional Facility, a state prison in Minnesota. The Minnesota Department of Corrections said he died of natural causes. That cause is the department's account, as reported by the Post Bulletin on April 4, 2025.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Minnesota Department of Corrections says John Kirch died of natural causes.

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

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