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Ricky Ash

47 years old · died April 3, 2025 · Lexington Assessment and Reception Center, Oklahoma

Ricky Ash died in a hospital on April 3, 2025, held at Lexington Assessment and Reception Center, in the custody of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. Ricky Ash was 47 years old. The department lists the manner of death as natural.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. Oklahoma Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as natural.

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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