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Tawaine Prunty

54 years old · died October 20, 2025 · Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania

Tawaine Prunty, 54, died on October 20, 2025, in a state prison in Huntingdon County, in the custody of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. The death was reported to the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, which lists the manner of death as natural causes.

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

Reported by: Pennsylvania 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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