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Ricky Thompson

died April 4, 2022 · Avon Park Correctional Institution, Florida

Ricky Thompson died on April 4, 2022, while held at Avon Park Correctional Institution, a state prison in Florida. The Florida Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as an accident. The available record gives no cause of death, age, or details about his life, and the account of how he died rests on the department's own classification.

Cause of death, as reported: Died in an accident

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

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