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Kenneth J. Parrott

69 years old · died February 27, 2023 · Oklahoma County Detention Center, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

Kenneth J. Parrott, 69, of Oklahoma City, was held at the Oklahoma County jail and was hospitalized on February 18, 2023, for significant pre-existing medical problems. He died at a hospital on February 27, 2023. The jail's director of communications said in a news release that the jail and its health provider were working to secure his release on a medical bond when he died, before that process was completed.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The jail's director of communications said he died at a hospital from significant pre-existing medical issues while jail officials were working to secure a medical release.

Reported by: Oklahoma County jail's director of communications (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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