Richard Ramirez
Richard Ramirez, 53, had been held at San Quentin State Prison for more than two decades. Prison staff said that in recent years he had become more withdrawn, and in 1996 he married one of his admirers in a visiting room at the prison. He became ill in the days before his death and was taken to Marin General Hospital in Greenbrae, where he died on June 7, 2013. Prison officials said he died of natural causes, the hospital cited liver failure, and the Marin County coroner's office later listed complications of B-cell lymphoma, with chronic substance abuse and hepatitis C also noted.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. San Quentin officials and the Marin County coroner attributed the death to complications of B-cell lymphoma, with hepatitis C and chronic substance abuse also listed.
Reported by: San Quentin State Prison and California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (the agency that held him); Marin County coroner's office (medical examiner or coroner).
News reports (13)
- 'Night Stalker' Richard Ramirez Dies in Prison - ABC News
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- Calif. serial killer 'Night Stalker' Richard Ramirez dies
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- 'Night Stalker' Richard Ramirez Dies in Prison
- Infamous 'Night Stalker' Who Murdered Arcadia Woman Dies in Prison
- ‘Night Stalker’ Richard Ramirez dies in prison
- Night Stalker Richard Ramirez Died of Cancer
- ‘Night Stalker’ Richard Ramirez died of lymphoma, coroner finds
- Coroner: 'Night Stalker' Serial Killer Ramirez Died of Lymphoma
- ‘Night Stalker’ Ramirez died of cancer, coroner finds
- Cancer killed Calif. serial killer Richard Ramirez - San Diego Union-Tribune