Omar Abdel-Rahman
Omar Abdel-Rahman, 78, died on February 18, 2017 at the Federal Medical Center in Butner, North Carolina, where he had been held since 2007. He was blind from infancy, memorized the Quran in Braille by age 11, and studied at Cairo University's School of Theology; his family announced his death in Egypt, where he was born. The Federal Bureau of Prisons said he died of natural causes, with complications of diabetes and coronary artery disease.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Federal Bureau of Prisons said he died of natural causes, linked to diabetes and coronary artery disease.
Reported by: Federal Bureau of Prisons (the agency that held him); Greg Norton, prison spokesman (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.