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Lucile Allen

49 years old · died October 1956

Mrs. Lucile Allen, 49, was taken from the city jail to the Grady emergency clinic in Atlanta on a Sunday afternoon in October 1956 and died there. The Atlanta Daily World reported that a coroner's investigation opened the following Monday. An autopsy was being performed to determine the official cause of death.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. The coroner opened an investigation and ordered an autopsy to determine the cause of death, which had not been ruled on in the accounts.

Reported by: the coroner.

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