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Richard Gates

59 years old · died January 10, 2021 · Pershing County, Nevada

Richard Gates died on January 10, 2021, at Pershing General Hospital, in the custody of the Nevada Department of Corrections. Richard Gates was 59 years old. The department's list does not give a cause of death.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: Nevada 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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