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Sammy Earl Hamilton

63 years old · died January 28, 2017 · Washoe County, Nevada

Sammy Earl Hamilton died on January 28, 2017, at Renown Regional Medical Center, in the custody of the Nevada Department of Corrections. Sammy Earl Hamilton was 63 years old. The department's list does not give a cause of death.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: Nevada 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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