Ronald Dandar
Ronald Dandar, a Black man, was 77 when he died in December 2020 while held at State Correctional Institution - Fayette in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. The Tribune-Democrat reported that he died at a local hospital and that the state prison announced his death as one of its first COVID-19 deaths. The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections reported his death to the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, which lists the manner of death as natural causes. Sources give the date of death as December 10 in one account and December 11 in another.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections announced the death as one of its first COVID-19 deaths, and the state prison reporting lists the manner as natural causes.
Reported by: Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); news reporting on SCI-Fayette COVID-19 deaths (reporters).