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Terry Drake

73 years old · died December 15, 2020 · U.S. Penitentiary Tucson, Pima County, Arizona

Terry Drake was 73 when he died in December 2020 while held at the United States Penitentiary in Tucson, Arizona. He tested positive for COVID-19 in late November 2020 and was taken to a local hospital for respiratory distress. He was placed on a ventilator on December 7 and died at the hospital on December 15. Officials said he had long-term medical conditions that the CDC lists as risk factors for severe COVID-19, and attributed his death to health complications from the virus.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. Officials attributed the death to health complications from COVID-19, citing long-term medical conditions that are CDC risk factors.

Reported by: Federal Bureau of Prisons (USP Tucson) (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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