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Ricky Stapleton

60 years old · died February 11, 2025 · Joseph Harp Correctional Center, Cleveland County, Oklahoma

Ricky Stapleton died at Joseph Harp Correctional Center on February 11, 2025, in the custody of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. Ricky Stapleton was 60 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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