Robert Tassin

Robert Tassin died while held at Angola, the state prison in Louisiana. He was reported to have died of COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus. The death was reported on August 31, 2020, by the Death Penalty Information Center.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The article reports he died of COVID-19, with no official ruling or other account of the cause given.

Reported by: news reports.

News report

• Coronavirus Prison Fatalities Surpass Two Decades of Executions; COVID-19 Has Killed More California Death Row Prisoners Than the State Has Executed in 27 Years Death Penalty Information Center, August 31, 2020