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John Lewis

70 years old · died December 9, 2020 · U.S. Penitentiary Allenwood, Union County, Pennsylvania

John Lewis, 70, died in December 2020 while held at U.S. Penitentiary Allenwood in Union County, Pennsylvania, a federal prison. The Bureau of Prisons said he died of COVID-19 after contracting the virus in early December. The Daily Item reported that he had long-term medical conditions that put him at higher risk from the illness.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Bureau of Prisons says he died of COVID-19 after contracting the virus in early December 2020.

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

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