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Roger Alan Sinclair

75 years old · died July 30, 2023 · Oregon State Penitentiary, Salem, Oregon

Roger Alan Sinclair, 75, was a former Roman Catholic priest. He died on July 30, 2023, at a hospital in Salem, Oregon, where he was in comfort care, and he had been held at the Oregon State Penitentiary since 2018. The Oregon Department of Corrections said he was in comfort care but declined to say why he was hospitalized or what caused his death, citing health privacy rules.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. The Oregon Department of Corrections said he was in comfort care but would not give a cause of death, citing health privacy rules.

Reported by: Oregon 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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