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Leon Tidwell

died December 11, 2022 · Zephyrhills Correctional Institution, Florida

Leon Tidwell died on December 11, 2022, while held at Zephyrhills Correctional Institution, a Florida state prison. The Florida Department of Corrections, which keeps the official mortality record, lists the manner of death as natural and gives no cause. The available record says nothing about his age, family, or circumstances of his final days, and no account of how he died has been published by other sources.

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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