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Richard Minnick

67 years old · died August 24, 2026 · Great Plains Correctional Center, Oklahoma

Richard Minnick died in a hospital on August 24, 2026, held at Great Plains Correctional Center, in the custody of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. Richard Minnick was 67 years old. The department's list shows the medical examiner's ruling on the manner of death as pending.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. Oklahoma Department of Corrections lists the manner of death as pending.

Reported by: Oklahoma Department of Corrections (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.

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