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Richard Yocum

60 years old · died January 21, 2026 · Dick Conner Correctional Center, Osage County, Oklahoma

Richard Yocum died at Dick Conner Correctional Center on January 21, 2026, in the custody of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. Richard Yocum was 60 years old. The department lists the manner of death as accident.

Cause of death, as reported: Died in an accident. Oklahoma Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as accident.

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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