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Robert Shanks

76 years old · died May 12, 2024 · Joseph Harp Correctional Center, Oklahoma

Robert Shanks died in a hospital on May 12, 2024, held at Joseph Harp Correctional Center, in the custody of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. Robert Shanks was 76 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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