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Samuel Wald

65 years old · died January 26, 2026 · Lexington Assessment and Reception Center, Cleveland County, Oklahoma

Samuel Wald died at Lexington Assessment and Reception Center on January 26, 2026, in the custody of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. Samuel Wald was 65 years old. The department lists the manner of death as natural.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. Oklahoma Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as natural.

Reported by: Oklahoma Department of Corrections (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.

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