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Ronnie Lee Bright

51 years old · died May 1, 2017 · Oklahoma County Detention Center, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

Ronnie Lee Bright, 51, died on May 1, 2017, at a hospital hours after he was booked into the Oklahoma County jail. The sheriff's office did not report his death to the media until July 2017. A sheriff's spokesman said he died of natural causes.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. A sheriff's spokesman said Ronnie Lee Bright died of natural causes at a hospital hours after he was booked into the Oklahoma County jail.

Reported by: Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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