Joseph Sullivan
Joseph Sullivan, 78, died on June 9, 2017, at Fishkill Correctional Facility in the Hudson Valley, after being admitted to the prison's long-term care hospice. Prison officials and the Dutchess County medical examiner said he died of natural causes, but Chief Medical Examiner Dennis Chute said the specific cause had not been determined. His wife, Gail Sullivan, and their two adult sons were featured in television documentaries, and the couple wrote a book together. The Democrat and Chronicle reported that he had been treated for cancer that required removal of a lung and kept up a demanding daily exercise routine.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. Prison officials and the Dutchess County medical examiner said he died of natural causes, though Chief Medical Examiner Dennis Chute said the specific cause had not been determined.
Reported by: Fishkill Correctional Facility officials (the agency that held him); Dutchess County medical examiner (medical examiner or coroner); Chief Medical Examiner Dennis Chute (medical examiner or coroner).