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John Sharp

died February 4, 2026 · Lake Correctional Institution, Florida

John Sharp died on February 4, 2026, while held at Lake Correctional Institution, a Florida state prison. The Florida Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as natural. The department's mortality listing gives no cause of death. No family, friends, or other accounts of Sharp are available to describe who he was.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness

Reported by: Florida 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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